Microhymenoptera in roadside verges and the potential of arthropod-friendly mowing for their preservation

This dataset contains data from the paper: “Haas-Renninger, M., Weber, J., Felske, I., Kimmich, T., Csader, M., Betz, O., Krogmann, L., Steidle, J. L.M. 2023. Parasitoid Hymenoptera in roadside verges and the potential of insect-friendly mowing for their preservation. Journal of Applied Entomology.”
The study investigates which families of parasitoid Hymenoptera occur in roadside grassland and might suffer from mowing with a conventional mowing head (\"MK1200\" from MULAG), which parasitoid families benefit from insect-friendly mowing using an “insect-friendly” mowing head (\"Eco 1200 plus\" from MULAG), and which parasitoid families benefit from the use of a flushing bar attached to the mowing head.
We found specimens of 18 families from the six parasitoid superfamilies Chalcidoidea, Ceraphronoidea, Diaprioidea, Ichneumonoidea, Platygastroidea, and Proctotrupoidea. Mowing with a conventional mulching mower caused a significant loss of up to 64 % for parasitoid Hymenoptera. The Eco 1200 plu...