The First Record of Brachycyrtinae (hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in Finland

Background:Brachycyrtinae is a small, but distinctive subfamily of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) with one widespead species in Europe: Brachycyrtusornatus Kriechbaumer, 1880. We recently collected the species during the faunistic survey of the Urban Biodiversity Parks project in Skanssi, Turku, south-western Finland. New information:We report the Darwin wasp Brachycyrtusornatus as the first record of the subfamily for Finland. We collected a single female specimen with a Malaise trap in Skanssi Biodiversity Park during a period from August to September 2024. This is the northernmost record of B.ornatus and the subfamily Brachycyrtinae as a whole. Notes on the species' distribution and morphological variation are included.