A preliminary key to the European species of the genus Saotis Förster, 1869, with a list of British species (Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae: Mesoleiini)
D.R. Kasparyan & M.R. Shaw
Abstract. An illustrated key to the European species of Saotis described by Thomson, Schmiedeknecht and Morley, is given. A new synonym is proposed: Saotis mirabilis Schmiedeknecht, 1914 (type examined) = Iskarus seleuciformis Kolarov, 1987, syn. n. The material of Saotis (collected in Britain) kept at the National Museums of Scotland and the Natural History Museum, London, is listed.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2002, 11(2): 351–355 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2003
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