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Cotesia ruficrus
(Haliday, 1834)
Overview
Taxonomy
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
102 host records
.
The recorded parasitoids are Aclastus etorofuensis, Bathythrix kuwanae, Diatora prodeniae,
Mesochorus anomalus
,
Mesochorus discitergus
, Pediobius foveolatus, Stictopisthus chinensis, Stictopisthus srinaraini,
Trichomalopsis
and Trichomalopsis apanteloctena.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic, Australian, Oriental, Afrotropical and Nearctic realms with records from
114 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Cotesia ruficrus
(Haliday, 1834)
Original name
Microgaster ruficrus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Apanteles
Cotesia
Microgaster
Synonyms
Cotesia antipoda
Cotesia contexta
Cotesia manilae
Cotesia narangae
Cotesia sesamiae
Cotesia sydneyensis
Type
National Museum of Ireland
, Dublin, Ireland (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.
