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Dirophanes maculicornis
(Stephens, 1835)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Choristoneura murinana, Choristoneura murinana [Abies cilicica], Choristoneura occidentalis, Ptycholomoides aeriferanus and Zeiraphera griseana.
The recorded parasitoids are
Mesopolobus subfumatus
and Monodontomerus aereus.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
24 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Dirophanes maculicornis
(Stephens, 1835)
Original name
Ichneumon maculicornis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Dirophanes
Ichneumon
Phaeogenes
Synonyms
Dirophanes bisignatus
Dirophanes dentatus
Dirophanes dinianae
Dirophanes gigas
Dirophanes murinanae
Dirophanes nigroscutellatus
Dirophanes ruficoxis
Dirophanes scutellaris
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (female)
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.
