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Cotesia marginiventris
(Cresson, 1865)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious or solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in host egg or in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph or from host pupa.
there are
77 host records
.
The recorded parasitoids are Catolaccus aeneoviridis, Conura hirtifemora, Conura pallens, Elasmus apanteli,
Mesochorus discitergus
, Perilampus fulvicornis and Trichomalopsis viridascens.
Distribution
Known from the Neotropical, Oriental, Nearctic, Palaearctic and Afrotropical realms with records from
44 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia marginiventris
(Cresson, 1865)
Original name
Microgaster marginiventris
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Synonyms
Cotesia grenadensis
Cotesia harnedi
Cotesia laphygmae
Type
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A (male)
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.
