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Gelis melanocephalus
(Schrank, 1781)
Overview
Taxonomy
Gelis melanocephalus
Description
Biology
A gregarious parasitoid. Known to emerge from host egg sac.
The recorded hosts are Agroeca, Agroeca brunnea, Araneus diadematus, Coccinella septempunctata, Gymnetron campanulae, Hylobius abietis, Larinioides cornutus, Linyphia triangularis, Mangora acalypha, Pachygnatha clercki, Pachygnatha listeri, Pardosa pullata and Singa nitidula.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
24 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Gelis melanocephalus
(Schrank, 1781)
Original name
Mutilla melanocephala
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Gelis
Ichneumon
Pezomachus
Synonyms
Gelis fasciatus
Gelis hercyniae
Type
lost
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.
