The ecological and faunistic review of cuckoo wasps (hymenoptera: Chrysididae) in the Kabardino-Balkar high mountain nature reserve (the Central Caucasus)

The article embraces researches in the fauna and ecology of cuckoo wasps in the Kabardino-Balkar high-mountainous nature reserve, for which the complete list is first given. The list includes 47 species from 8 genera: Omalus - 1 species, Hedychrum - 4 species, Hedychridium - 3 species, Pseudospinolia - 1 species, Chrysura - 2 species; Trichrysis - 1 species; Hexachrysis - 1 species and Chrysis - 34 species, among them 8 species are first presented for the nature reserve (*). Habitats, occurrence and a geographical area are specified for all recorded species. The species Chrysis immaculata Buysson, 1898 is first given for the fauna of Russia (**).