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Critical checklist of the Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) of Germany
Stefan Vidal1, Jochen Müller2, Stefan Schmidt3
1University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany.
Background:
Since the first checklist of German Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea was published over two decades ago, a revision of the status of these superfamilies in Germany is overdue. The previous list contained chalcidoid species mentioned in published papers up to 2000 and was cross-checked with the data compiled by Noyes in the Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Additional species, determined by the first author, were also included. Since then, revisions of several chalcidoid genera have been published synonymising species or describing new species. The previous checklist also contained several erroneous names and doubtful records that turned out to be incorrect placements or questionable citations and are corrected in the present version.
New Information:
The updated critical checklist of German Chalcidoidea includes 1,610 species from 19 families.
