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Apanteles xanthostigma
(Haliday, 1834)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in host gall. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
there are
91 host records
.
The recorded parasitoids are
Elasmus flabellatus
,
Gelis areator
,
Gelis fallax
,
Gelis glacialis
,
Itoplectis maculator
,
Mesochorus pallipes
,
Syrphophagus aeruginosus
and Xanthandrus comtus.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Afrotropical realms with records from
60 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Apanteles xanthostigma
(Haliday, 1834)
Original name
Microgaster xanthostigma
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Synonyms
Apanteles ochrostigma
Apanteles xanthocarpus
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (female, neotype)
This text has been automatically generated based on data from Taxapad (Yu et. al, 2016) and may contain errors or incoplete information.
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References
Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. 2016. Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015 (Biological and taxonomical information), Taxapad Interactive Catalogue Database on flashdrive. Nepean, Ottawa.
