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Dyscritulus planiceps
(Marshall, 1896)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid. Known to oviposit in adult host. Known to emerge from adult.
The recorded hosts are Drepanosiphum [Acer campestre], Drepanosiphum oregonense [Acer monspessulanum], Drepanosiphum platanoides, Drepanosiphum platanoides [Acer pseudoplatanus], Drepanosiphum platanoides [Acer], Drepanosiphum platanoides [Quercus robur], Periphyllus aceris and Periphyllus testudinaceus.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Dendrocerus carpenteri
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
19 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Dyscritulus planiceps
(Marshall, 1896)
Original name
Dyscritus planiceps
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Dyscritulus
Dyscritus
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (female)
Type of
Dyscritus
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.
