Cotesia ruficrus

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Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday, 1834)

Description

Biology

A gregarious or solitary endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph or from host pupa.

There are 84 recorded hosts.

Biology compiled from Taxapad^[1].

Distribution

Known from the Palaearctic, Australian, Oriental, Afrotropical and Nearctic regions, with records from 114 countries and regions. Records from GBIF and the Bugweb collection are shown on the map.

Country records from Taxapad^[1], Dyntaxa^[2] and FinBIF^[3].

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GBIF records GBIF ↗GBIF occurrence records are shown as reported and may include misidentifications.

Accepted name

Cotesia ruficrus (Haliday, 1834)

Original name

Microgaster ruficrus^[4]

Taxonomic level

species

Combination history

Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster

Synonyms

Cotesia antipoda^[5]
Cotesia contexta^[6]
Cotesia manilae^[7]
Cotesia narangae^[8]
Cotesia sesamiae^[9]
Cotesia sydneyensis^[10]

Type

National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (female, lectotype)

Sources (10)

[1]Yu, D.S.K., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016). Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. Nepean, Ontario, Canada. ↑ a b c
[2]SLU Artdatabanken (2026). Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Uppsala, Sweden. https://artfakta.se ↑
[3]Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility (2026). The FinBIF checklist of Finnish species, version 1.36. Darwin Core Archive, downloaded 5 October 2026. Helsinki, Finland. https://laji.fi ↑
[4]Haliday, A.H. (1834). Essay on parasitic Hymenoptera. Entomological Magazine 2(iii):225–259. cited from Taxapad ↑
[5]Ashmead, W.H. (1900). Notes on some New Zealand and Australian parasitic Hymenoptera with description of new genera and new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 327–360. cited from Taxapad ↑
[6]Labram,J.D. & Imhoff, Ludwig (1836). Insekten der Schweiz. Erstes Bändchen 1 bis 20 heft. Basel 1: Pl.25. cited from Taxapad ↑
[7]Ashmead, W.H. (1904). A list of Hymenoptera of the Philippine Islands with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12: 1–22. cited from Taxapad ↑
[8]Viereck, H.L. (1913). Descriptions of six new genera and twelve new species of Ichneumon-flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 44(1974): 639–648. cited from Taxapad ↑
[9]Risbec, J. (1956). Les parasites des insectes borers du riz au Cameroum. Agronomie Tropicale 11: 234–247. cited from Taxapad ↑
[10]Cameron, P. (1911). On a collection of parasitic Hymenoptera (chiefly bred) made by Mr. W.W. Froggatt, F.L.S., in New South Wales, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 333–346. cited from Taxapad ↑

Host and distribution record sources (251)

Links:GBIFoccurrences Catalogue of Lifeaccepted name BOLDbarcodes ArtfaktaSweden Laji.fiFinland BHLliterature

Some of this text has been automatically generated based on data from Taxapad^[1] and may contain errors or incomplete information.

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