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Enicospilus merdarius
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid. Known to emerge from host pupa.
there are
46 host records
.
The recorded parasitoids are
Cryptus dianae
, Gelis taschenbergii,
Polytribax arrogans
,
Pseudogonalos hahnii
,
Theroscopus esenbeckii
, Villa maura and Villa morio.
Distribution
Known from the Neotropical, Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical realms with records from
79 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Enicospilus merdarius
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Original name
Ophion merdarius
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Enicospilus
Henicospilus
Ichneumon
Ophion
Synonyms
Enicospilus contributus
Enicospilus rossicus
Enicospilus tournieri
Ex synonyms
Ichneumon ramidulus
Type
Hope Entomological Collection, University Museum
, Oxford, United Kingdom (male, 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.
