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Fauna Europaea provides a public web-service with an index of scientific names (including important synonyms) of all extant European terrestrial and freshwater animals, their geographical distribution at the level of countries and major islands (west of the Urals and excluding the Caucasus region), and some additional information. The Fauna Europaea project comprises about 230,000 taxonomic names, including 130,000 accepted species and 14,000 accepted subspecies, which is much more than the originally projected number of 100,000 species. Fauna Europaea represents a huge effort by more than 400 contributing specialists throughout Europe and is a unique (standard) reference suitable for many users in science, government, industry, nature conservation and education. For the Hymenoptera, taxonomic data from one grade (Symphyta) and one Superfamily (Ichneumonoidea), including 15 families and 10,717 species, are included. Ichneumonoidea is the largest superfamily of Hymenoptera and consisting of two extant families, Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. The costal cell of the fore wing is absent, the fore wing has at least two closed cells, the constriction between the mesosoma (thorax + first abdominal segment or propodeum) and the metasoma (remainder of abdomen) is distinct and the parasitoid larvae usually spin a silken cocoon. Also, the metasoma is ventrally partly desclerotized in the vast majority of ichneumonoids.
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The European Rhogogaster s. str. species are revised, and several nominal taxa from Asia discussed. The taxonomic identity of the type species Tenthredo viridis Linnaeus, 1758 is different from that assumed in the past. Tenthredo dryas Benson, 1943 is syn. nov. of R. viridis. The name Rhogogaster scalaris (Klug, 1817), species revocata, is to be applied to Rhogogaster viridis auct. New subjective junior synonyms of R. scalaris (Klug, 1817) are R. chlorosoma podkumokensis Muche, 1973, syn. nov. and Tenthredo (Rhogogaster) carpatica Zhelochovtsev & Zinovjev, 1988, syn. nov. Rhogogaster magniserrula Viitasaari, spec. nov. is described from Finland and Russia. The former synonym of R. viridis auct., Tenthredo hebraica Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785, is treated as species incertae sedis within Rhogogaster. The Asian Rhogogaster viridis var. sibirica Enslin, 1912, is regarded as a valid species, Rhogogaster sibirica Enslin, 1912, stat. nov., and Rhogogaster kudiana Rohwer, 1925, is a subjective syn. nov. of R. sibirica. A key to the European Rhogogaster s. str. with special emphasis on Fennoscandia is given.The following nominal taxa are excluded from Rhogogaster: Rhogogaster viridis forma montana Betrem, 1933, is syn. nov. of Tenthredo olivacea Klug, 1817; Sciapteryx virescens Jakowlew, 1887, is Tenthredo (Eurogaster) virescens (Jakowlew, 1887), comb. nov.; Tenthredo interrupta Fabricius, 1804 (nomen oblitum) is syn. nov. of Tenthredopsis tessellata (Klug, 1817) (nomen protectum). Tenthredo viridis Poda, 1761, Tenthredo straminea Schrank, 1776, Tenthredo annalicornis [sic!] Gmelin, 1790, and Tenthredo chloros Rudow, 1871 are considered to be species incertae sedis within Tenthredinidae.Lectotypes are designated for Tenthredo interrupta Fabricius, 1804, Sciapteryx virescens Jakowlew, 1887, Sciopteryx gilva Konow, 1908, Rhogogaster viridis var. sibirica Enslin, 1912, R. viridis forma montana Betrem, 1933, R. chlorosoma podkumokensis Muche, 1973, R. genistae viridifrons Muche, 1973 and Tenthredo (Rhogogaster) carpatica "Bokotey" [= Zhelochovtsev & Zinovjev], 1988.