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unknown. GRAHAM (1969) found the species on rough pastures, meadows and sand dune vegetation. New species record for the Carpathian Basin and Romania. Lamprotatus WESTWOOD, 1833 Remarks - The genus is distributed worldwide. About twenty species occur in the Western Palaearctic (BOUCEK & RASPLUS 1991, GRAHAM 1969). They are usually parasitoids of leaf mining Agromyzidae and other Diptera (NOYES 2003). Lamprotatus annularis (WALKER, 1833) - Romania, [Hunedoara county,] Retezat National Park, 24.VII.2000, 1 male, leg. LÁSZLÓ, HNHM. - This species is widely distributed in Europe, in the vicinity of the Carpathians it was recorded from the Czech Republic (KALINA 1989) and Hungary (ERDŐS 1946). New species record for Romania. Lamprotatuspschorni DELUCCHI, 1953 - Romania, [Covasna county,] Valea Oituzului, 10.VII.2001, 1 male, leg. LÁSZLÓ, HNHM. - A European species. From the central and eastern part of Europe it was recorded from the Czech Republic (KALINA 1989), Croatia (BOUCEK 1977) and Moldavia (BOUCEK 1965). New species record for Romania. Merismus WALKER, 1833 Remarks - Five Merismus species are known to occur in Europe (BOUCEK & RASPLUS 1991). Two of them, M. megapterus WALKER, 1833 (ANDRIESCU 2001, MlTROIU &POPESCU 2006) andM. rufipes WALKER, 1833 (MlTROIU & POPESCU 2006) have already been recorded from Romania. The species are mainly parasitoids of leaf mining Diptera. Merismus nitidus (WALKER, 1833) - Romania, [Harghita county,] Lacul Dracului, creek shores, 9.VIII. 2000, 1 female, leg. LÁSZLÓ, HNHM. - There is a single record about the biology of this species: it is primary parasitoid in the pupa of Cnemacantba rorida (FALLÉN, 1820) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) (ASKEW 1970). New species record for Romania. This is its easternmost locality. Mesopolobus WESTWOOD, 1833 Remarks - More than 100 described valid species belong to this worldwide genus (NOYES 2003). About fifty of them occur in the Western Palaearctic (BOUCEK & RASPLUS 1991, GRAHAM 1969). They are parasitoids of various insects, mainly Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera (NOYES 2003).
