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Cotesia bignellii
(Marshall, 1885)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Euphydryas maturna, Eurodryas aurinia and Eurodryas aurinia [Succisa pratensis].
The recorded parasitoids are
Acrolyta nens
,
Gelis agilis
,
Gelis nigritulus
and
Gelis proximus
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Russia-Rostov Oblast, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia.
Accepted name
Cotesia bignellii
(Marshall, 1885)
Original name
Apanteles bignellii
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (female, lectotype)
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.
