Ny bestämningsnyckel till stekelfamiljer med en reviderad klassificering inom Chalcidoidea

Abstract

In December 2024, a digital identification key and associated taxon descriptions for Swedish
Hymenopteran families was published in the web application Artfakta (https://artfakta.se/
taxa/3000186/artnycklar). The key is based on the Hymenoptera part of the book “Insekter
– en fälthandbok” by Douwes, Hall, Hansson and Sandhall (2004, second edition), but it
has been updated and adapted to the current family division. Thus, it includes several small
hymenopterans that have relatively recently been defined as new families or reported from
Sweden for the first time, e.g. within Chalcidoidea (Pteromalidae s.lat. and Chrysolampidae),
Trigonalyoidea (Trigonalyidae) and Cynipoidea (Diplolepididae). The new families within
Chalcidoidea can be reached via the family key, but there is also a separate identification
key to these families available in Artfakta and in this article.