Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of the Nature Reserve of Pantalica (Sicily, Italy)
A faunistic survey on Darwin's wasps of the Nature Reserve of Pantalica (Siracusa, Sicily, Italy) is presented. A total of 81 species of ichneumonids belonging to 19 subfamilies were identified. Of these, 42 species are new records for Sicily and nine species are new records for Italy. The subfamilies Adelognathinae and Oxytorinae are reported for the first time in Sicily.<i>Misetus obscurus</i> Berthoumieu, 1897 <b>stat. rev.</b> (Ichneumoninae, Phaeogenini), originally described as a colour form of <i>M. oculatus</i> Wesmael, 1845, is raised to species level, based on both morphological and molecular data.
Authors
- Claudio Cucini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1918-0702)
- OLEKSANDR VARGA (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6285-7830)
- Stefano Cantone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7764-5091)
- Davide Badano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9715-3107)
- Erich H Diller
- Andrea Di Giulio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-0751)
- Davide Dal Pos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9122-934X)
- Filippo Di Giovanni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9811-5599)
- Rebecca Funari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2648-0297)
Institutions
- University of Siena (IT)
- University of Central Florida (US)
- Roma Tre University (IT)
- National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (UA)
- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (DE)
- I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology (UA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biodiversity Data Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e175760
- Primary Topic
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Università degli Studi Roma Tre
- European Commission