The Holarctic genus Ropronia Provancher has three species in North America: P. californica Ashmead (California, Oregon), P. pediculata Provancher (New York, Ontario), and R. garmani Ashmead known previously in the United States from New Hampshire to northern Georgia and west to Iowa (Townes 1948)

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida March 2002 First record of the family Roproniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Florida Charles C. Porter Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi  Part of the Entomology Commons Porter, Charles C., "First record of the family Roproniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Florida" (2002). Insecta Mundi. 536. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/536 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 30 Volume 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002, INSECTA MUNDI First record of the family Roproniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Florida Charles C. Porter Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, Florida 32614-7100 The Holarctic genus Ropronia Provancher has three species in North America: P. californica Ashmead (California, Oregon), P. pediculata Provancher (New York, Ontario), and R. garmani Ashmead known previously in the United States from New Hampshire to northern Georgia and west to Iowa (Townes 1948). Recently, a s  part of a n  on-going survey of Hymenoptera in Florida State Parlrs, the following new record of Ropronia garrnani was obtained: Material Examined. Two females, Florida, Suwannee Co., Suwannee River State Park, riparian hardwoods, in Malaise Trap, 2-23-V-1997, C. Porter, L. Stange. In  FSCA. Habitat. Townes (1948) found R. garmani in undergrowth beside streams in Temperate Deciduous Forest. Florida specimens came from similar habitats in riparian hardwood forest along the Suwannee River. Phaenology. In  the northeast, R. garmani flies from mid-June to August; whereas, Florida records are for May, suggesting that  in Florida this species avoids the heat of summer, a s  do most ichneumonids and other parasitic Hymenoptera. Hosts. Ropronia may parasitize tenthredinid saw-fly larvae (Hymenoptera), but evidence is inconclusive (Townes 1948). Biogeography. Ropronia has five species in China (Townes 1948; He, Zhu & Tong 1988), two in Japan (Yasumatsu 1956), one in Burma (Heqvist 1959), and two in Turkey (Mad1 1991). Roproniidae thus is a Holarctic group with greatest diversity in the eastern Palaearctic. Identification. Fore wing length h5.0 mm; antenna with 14 segments; fore wing with a costa] cell and with a small, quadrate or hexagonal first discoidal cell; first gastric segment petiolate (3.0- 4.0 as long as deep), rest of gaster strongly compressed, much higher than broad. Acknowledgments. Drs. Lionel Stange and Mike Thomas helped with museum and fieldwork. The Florida Department of Parks and Recreation issued collecting permits. Literature cited He, J., Zhu K. & Tong, K. 1988. Description of four new species of the genus Ropronia from China. Entomotaxonomica 10: 207-214. Heqvist , K. 1959. A new species of Ropronia from Burma. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 80: 137-139. Mad1 , M. 1991. Zwei neue Ropronia-Arten aus Turkei. Linzer Biol . Beitr. 23: 387-392. Townes , H.K. 1948. The serphoid Hymenoptera of the family Roproniidae. Proc. U.S. Natl. Muse- um 98: 85-89. Yasumatsu, K. 1956. Two new species of Roproniidae(Hymenoptera). Insecta Matsumu- rana 19: 117-122. 

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First record of the family Roproniidae (Hymenoptera: 
Proctotrupoidea) from Florida 
Charles C. Porter 
Florida state Collection of Arthropods, Bureau of Entomology, Division of Plant Industry, Florida 
Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL 
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi 
 Part of the Entomology Commons 
Porter, Charles C., "First record of the family Roproniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Florida" 
(2002). Insecta Mundi. 536. 
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/536 
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida 
at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an 
authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. 
30 Volume 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002, INSECTA MUNDI 
First record of the family Roproniidae 
(Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Florida 
Charles C. Porter 
Florida State Collection of Arthropods 
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 
P.O. Box 147100 
Gainesville, Florida 32614-7100 
The Holarctic genus Ropronia Provancher has 
three species in North America: P. californica 
Ashmead (California, Oregon), P. pediculata 
Provancher (New York, Ontario), and R. garmani 
Ashmead known previously in the United States 
from New Hampshire to northern Georgia and west 
to Iowa (Townes 1948). 
Recently, a s  part of a n  on-going survey of 
Hymenoptera in Florida State Parlrs, the following 
new record of Ropronia garrnani was obtained: 
Material Examined. Two females, Florida, 
Suwannee Co., Suwannee River State Park, 
riparian hardwoods, in Malaise Trap, 2-23-V-1997, 
C. Porter, L. Stange. In  FSCA. 
Habitat. Townes (1948) found R. garmani in 
undergrowth beside streams in Temperate 
Deciduous Forest. Florida specimens came from 
similar habitats in riparian hardwood forest along 
the Suwannee River. 
Phaenology. In  the northeast, R. garmani 
flies from mid-June to August; whereas, Florida 
records are for May, suggesting that  in Florida this 
species avoids the heat of summer, a s  do most 
ichneumonids and other parasitic Hymenoptera. 
Hosts. Ropronia may parasitize tenthredinid 
saw-fly larvae (Hymenoptera), but evidence is 
inconclusive (Townes 1948). 
Biogeography. Ropronia has five species in 
China (Townes 1948; He, Zhu & Tong 1988), two in 
Japan (Yasumatsu 1956), one in Burma (Heqvist 
1959), and two in Turkey (Mad1 1991). Roproniidae 
thus is a Holarctic group with greatest diversity in 
the eastern Palaearctic. 
Identification. Fore wing length h5.0 mm; 
antenna with 14 segments; fore wing with a costa] 
cell and with a small, quadrate or hexagonal first 
discoidal cell; first gastric segment petiolate (3.0- 
4.0 as long as deep), rest of gaster strongly 
compressed, much higher than broad. 
Acknowledgments. Drs. Lionel Stange and 
Mike Thomas helped with museum and fieldwork. 
The Florida Department of Parks and Recreation 
issued collecting permits. 
Literature cited 
He, J., Zhu K. & Tong, K. 1988. Description of four 
new species of the genus Ropronia from China. 
Entomotaxonomica 10: 207-214. 
Heqvist , K. 1959. A new species of Ropronia from 
Burma. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 80: 137-139. 
Mad1 , M. 1991. Zwei neue Ropronia-Arten aus 
Turkei. Linzer Biol . Beitr. 23: 387-392. 
Townes , H.K. 1948. The serphoid Hymenoptera of 
the family Roproniidae. Proc. U.S. Natl. Muse- 
um 98: 85-89. 
Yasumatsu, K. 1956. Two new species of 
Roproniidae(Hymenoptera). Insecta Matsumu- 
rana 19: 117-122. 


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30  Volume 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002, INSECTA MUNDI First record of the family Roproniidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Florida Charles C. Porter Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, Florida 32614-7100 The Holarctic genus Ropronia Provancher has three  species  in  North  America:  P.  californica Ashmead  (California,  Oregon),  P.  pediculata Provancher (New York, Ontario), and R. garmani Ashmead known previously in the United States from New Hampshire to northern Georgia and west to Iowa (Townes 1948). Recently,  as  part  of an  on-going  survey  of Hymenoptera in Florida State Parks, the following new record of Ropronia garmani was obtained: Material Examined.  Two  females,  Florida, Suwannee  Co.,  Suwannee  River  State  Park, riparian hardwoods, in Malaise Trap, 2-23-V-1997, C. Porter, L. Stange. In FSCA. Habitat. Townes (1948) found R. garmani in undergrowth  beside  streams  in  Temperate Deciduous  Forest.  Florida  specimens came from similar habitats in riparian hardwood forest along the Suwannee River. Phaenology.  In the  northeast,  R.  garmani flies  from  mid-June to August; whereas,  Florida records are for May, suggesting that in Florida this species  avoids  the heat of summer,  as  do  most ichneumonids and other parasitic Hymenoptera. Hosts. Ropronia may parasitize tenthredinid saw-fly  larvae  (Hymenoptera),  but  evidence  is inconclusive (Townes 1948). Biogeography. Ropronia has five  species in China (Townes 1948; He, Zhu & Tong 1988), two in Japan (Yasumatsu 1956), one in Burma (Heqvist 1959), and two in Turkey (MadI 1991). Roproniidae thus is a Holarctic group with greatest diversity in the eastern Palaearctic. Identification.  Fore  wing  length  ±5.0  mm; antenna with 14 segments; fore wing with a costa] cell and with a  small, quadrate or hexagonal first discoidal cell; first gastric segment petiolate (3.0-4.0  as  long  as  deep),  rest  of  gaster  strongly compressed, much higher than broad. Acknowledgments. Drs.  Lionel Stange and Mike Thomas helped with museum and fieldwork. The Florida Department of Parks and Recreation issued collecting permits. Literature cited He, J., Zhu K. & Tong, K. 1988. Description offour new species of the genus Ropronia from China. Entomotaxonomica 10: 207-214. Heqvist, K. 1959. A new species of Ropronia from Burma. Entomologisk Tidskrift. 80: 137-139. Madl ,  M.  1991. Zwei neue Ropronia-Arten aus Turkei. Linzer BioI. Beitr. 23: 387-392. Townes, H.K. 1948. The serphoid Hymenoptera of the family Roproniidae. Proc. U.S. NatL Muse-um 98: 85-89. Yasumatsu,  K.  1956.  Two  new  species  of Roproniidae(Hymenoptera). Insecta Matsumu-rana 19: 117-122. 

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