Revision of the West Palaearctic species of Rhoptromeris Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae) Author Costa Baião, Guilherme Author Forshage, Mattias text Journal of Natural History 2018 J. Nat. Hist. 2018-04-13 52 17 - 20 1201 1224 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1447154 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2018.1447154 1464-5262 5174636 8164332C-93E2-4E3F-A408-F5FF5DFB366E Rhoptromeris heptoma (Hartig, 1840) ( Figure 5a,b ) Diagnosis Common species easily identified by the enlarged femora in the fore and middle legs and by antennal characters. Redescription Compound eyes relatively small. Male antennae dark, flagellomeres stout, F2 strongly enlarged and clearly longer than F1. Female antennae with F1 subequal to F2 and F3 subequal to F4, the first pair longer than the second. Pre club flagellomeres yellow or light brown, club distinct, 7-segmented, flagellomeres dark. Pronotal fovea separated by a medial bridge. Scutellar dorsal surface weakly sculptured. Anteroventral cavity of metapleura present, posterior incision of metapleura absent. Legs rather short, femora of fore and middle legs expanded. Wings relatively narrow. Distribution Very widespread species. Records listed here follow Fauna Europaea, Nordlander (1978) and Quinlan (1986) (African records), with additions by the authors. AFRICA: Democratic Republic of Congo , South Africa . ASIA: China . EUROPE: Austria , British Islands, Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Hungary , Italy (including Sardinia ), Lithuania , Norway , Poland , Romania , Russia (uncertain: ‘USSR’ records), Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , The Netherlands , Ukraine . Biology Rhoptromeris heptoma is one of the main parasitoids of the agricultural pest Oscinella frit (Linnaeus, 1758) . Details about the interaction of R. heptoma with its host are given by Nordlander (1978) . The species is readily collected in grassy areas ( Nordlander 1978 ).