Kinzelbachus friesei (Hofeneder, 1949)

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.504.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:08720840-8B51-40AA-A3F2-32165B524A02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14658557
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CEE32B-D120-282B-FF47-7611FB90E089
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Kinzelbachus friesei (Hofeneder, 1949)
status

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia Russia: Lipetsk Oblast , Zadonsk Dist. , 40 km E of the vill. Donskoye , Galichya Gora Nature Reserve , Morozova Gora, 52.583295°N, 38.914447°E, floodplain of the Don river, 24.VI 1967, V. T. Kuznetsova leg. – 1♀ of Melitturga clavicornis (Latrielle, 1808) ( V. T. Kuznetsova det.) stylopized by 1♀ of Kinzelbachus friesei (between IV and V tergites) (A.M. Ostrovsky det.) GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia (first record). The species is currently known from Hungary, France, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey ( Cook, 2019).

REMARKS. Kinzelbachus is a monytypic genus only known by its female and larva. Characters that define Kinzelbachus include a brood opening that is much further towards the apex than in Stylops , giving it a short labium and metathoracic spiracles that are clearly visible ( Cook, 2019). Only Melitturga clavicornis (Latrielle, 1808) has been recorded as Kinzelbachus friesei host. In European Russia Melitturga clavicornis is a rare species.