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Eridolius pygmaeus
(Holmgren, 1857)
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Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A koinobiont endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in host gall.
The recorded hosts are
Pontania
,
Pontania arcticornis
,
Pontania crassipes
,
Pontania dolichura
[Salix phylicifolia],
Pontania glabrifrons
,
Pontania hastatae
, Pontania lapponica,
Pontania nigricantis
[Salix mielichhoferi],
Pontania nivalis
and Pontania virilis [Salix purpurea].
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Russia-Buryatskaya Respublika, Russia-Chita Oblast, Russia-Komi Respublika, Russia-Magadanskaya Oblast, Russia-Murmansk Oblast and Sweden.
Accepted name
Eridolius pygmaeus
(Holmgren, 1857)
Original name
Exenterus pygmaeus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Cteniscus
Eridolius
Exenterus
Synonyms
Eridolius alaskensis
Type
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sektionen för Entomologi
, Stockholm, Sweden (female, lectotype)
Type of
Eridolius
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.
