title: Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae).
abstract: A critical and annotated review of published records of the Chrysididae of the Nordic and Baltic countries and the Russian part of Fennoscandia is presented with some taxonomic and faunistic notes. A total of 73 species are listed from the region. Additionally, 17 species are deleted. Three species are recorded for the first time from Denmark, six species from Estonia, one from Finland, eleven from Latvia, four from Norway, one from Sweden and 15 from Russian Fennoscandia. Elampus foveatus and Chrysis pulcherrima are reported for the first time from the Nordic and Baltic countries. Lectotypes are designated for Hedychrum cupreum Dahlbom, 1845, Chrysis zetterstedti Dahlbom, 1845, Chrysis succincta var. chrysoprasina Trautmann, 1927, Chrysis succincta var. virideocincta Trautmann, 1927 and Chrysis succincta var. nordstromi Trautmann, 1927. Information and images of the holotypes of Hedychrum metallicum Dahlbom, 1854, Chrysis var. westerlundi Trautmann, 1927 are given. Chrysis integra Dahlbom, 1829 is found to be a new synonym of Hedychridium ardens (Coquebert, 1801) and Chrysis scintillans Valkeila, 1971 a new synonym of Chrysis solida Haupt, 1957. Chrysis terminata Dahlbom, 1854 is reported for the first time as the valid name for C. ignita Form A sensu Linsenmaier, 1959.
authors.affiliation: Juho Paukkunen, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, P.O. Box 17, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.; Email: juho.paukkunen@helsinki.fi.
authors.forename: Juho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paukkunen
authors.affiliation: Paolo Rosa, Via Belvedere 8/d, I-20881 Bernareggio (MB), Italy.; Email: rosa@chrysis.net.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Villu Soon, Natural History Museum and Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 51014, Tartu, Estonia.; Email: villu.soon@ut.ee.
authors.forename: Villu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soon
authors.affiliation: Niklas Johansson, Aspåsen Baskarp, SE-566 92 Habo, Sweden.; Email: chrysis32@yahoo.se.
authors.forename: Niklas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.affiliation: Frode Ødegaard, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research-NINA, P.O. Box 5685 Sluppen, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway.; Email: frode.odegaard@nina.no.
authors.forename: Frode
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ødegaard
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001454:Baltic States; D049628:Body Size; D003718:Denmark; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development