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Hemiteles similis
(Gmelin, 1790)
Overview
Taxonomy
Hemiteles similis
Description
Biology
A gregarious parasitoid. Known to oviposit in host egg sac. Known to emerge from host egg sac.
The recorded hosts are Adleria kollari, Araneus diadema, Arctosa leopardus, Dendrolimus pini, Epinotia nigricana, Notocelia cynosbatella, Phyllonorycter spinicolella, Pieris brassicae, Sterrhopterix hirsutella and Zygiella x-notata.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Gelis fuscicornis
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
25 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Hemiteles similis
(Gmelin, 1790)
Original name
Ichneumon similis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Charitopes
Cryptus
Hemiteles
Ocymorus
Synonyms
Hemiteles debellator
Hemiteles meridionalis
Hemiteles unicolor
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.
