Евразиатский энтомол. журнал 17(3): 189–190 © EUROASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL doi: 10.15298/euroasentj.17.3.08 JOURNAL, 2018 A first record of Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802 (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) in Belarus Ïåðâàÿ íàõîäêà Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802 (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) â Áåëàðóñè A.M. Ostrovsky À.Ì. Îñòðîâñêèé Gomel State Medical University, Lange Str. 5, Gomel 246000 Belarus. E-mail:
[email protected]. Гомельский государственный медицинский университет, ул. Ланге 5, Гомель 246000 Беларусь. Key words: Stylops melittae, fauna, Belarus. Ключевые слова: Stylops melittae, фаунистика, Беларусь. Abstract. Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802 (Strepsiptera: Sty- Stylopidae Kirby, 1913 are cosmopolitan [Kathirithamby, lopidae) is firstly recorded in Gomel Region of Belarus near 1989]. Uza village as a parasite of bee Andrena (Taeniandrena) ovatula (Kirby, 1802) in spring 2016. Brief information on distribution and ecology of the species is given. Results Strepsiptera Резюме. Веерокрылое Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802, Stylopidae Kirby, 1913 вид из семейства Stylopidae, найденный в Гомельской Stylops melittae Kirby, 1802 области в окрестностях деревни Уза на Andrena Fig. 1. (Taeniandrena) ovatula (Kirby, 1802) весной 2016 года, впервые отмечен для фауны Беларуси. Приведены дан- Material. Republic of Belarus, Gomel Area, near Uza ные по распространению и экологии вида. village, 14.05.2016, A.M. Ostrovsky leg. et det. — 1# of Andrena (Taeniandrena) ovatula (Kirby, 1802) stylopized by female of S. melittae. Introduction Distribution. Widely distributed in Europe and ex- tending to the Near East and North Africa, currently Members of the order Strepsiptera display highly known from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, peculiar morphology and lifestyles. They are small to Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Re- medium sized insects (1.0–7.5 mm long) exhibiting ex- public, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French main- treme sexual dimorphism [Kinzelbach, 1971; Kathirith- land, Germany, Great Britain, Greek mainland, Hungary, amby, 1989].