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Ctenopelma luciferum
Gravenhorst, 1829
Overview
Taxonomy
Ctenopelma luciferum
Description
Biology
A parasitoid. Known to emerge from host cocoon.
The recorded hosts are
Acantholyda posticalis
,
Cephalcia alpina
,
Cephalcia arvensis
and
Cephalcia lariciphila
[Larix decidua].
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
23 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Ctenopelma luciferum
Gravenhorst, 1829
Original name
Mesochorus lucifer
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Astiphromma
Cryptus
Ctenopelma
Mesochorus
Synonyms
Ctenopelma affine
Ctenopelma caudatum
Ctenopelma fuscipenne
Ctenopelma insigne
Ctenopelma tokioense
Type
Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu
, Wrocdaw, Poland (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.
