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Epitomus proximus
Perkins, 1953
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Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A koinobiont parasitoid. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The only recorded host is Elachista humilis [Deschampsia cespitosa].
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Epitomus proximus
Perkins, 1953
Original name
Epitomus proximus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Epitomus
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (female, holotype)
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.
