Abstract
Background
Brachycyrtinae is a small, but distinctive subfamily of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera,Ichneumonidae) with one widespead species in Europe: Brachycyrtus ornatusKriechbaumer, 1880. We recently collected the species during the faunistic survey of theUrban Biodiversity Parks project in Skanssi, Turku, south-western Finland.
New information
We report the Darwin wasp Brachycyrtus ornatus as the first record of the subfamily forFinland. We collected a single female specimen with a Malaise trap in SkanssiBiodiversity Park during a period from August to September 2024. This is thenorthernmost record of B. ornatus and the subfamily Brachycyrtinae as a whole. Notes onthe species' distribution and morphological variation are included.
Brachycyrtinae is a small, but distinctive subfamily of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera,Ichneumonidae) with one widespead species in Europe: Brachycyrtus ornatusKriechbaumer, 1880. We recently collected the species during the faunistic survey of theUrban Biodiversity Parks project in Skanssi, Turku, south-western Finland.
New information
We report the Darwin wasp Brachycyrtus ornatus as the first record of the subfamily forFinland. We collected a single female specimen with a Malaise trap in SkanssiBiodiversity Park during a period from August to September 2024. This is thenorthernmost record of B. ornatus and the subfamily Brachycyrtinae as a whole. Notes onthe species' distribution and morphological variation are included.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e161537 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Biodiversity Data Journal |
| Volume | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Jul 2025 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Brachycyrtus ornatus
- Skanssi Biodiversity Park
- Turku
- Biodiversity
- Distribution
- Morphological variation
- Urban biodiversity