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Heterischnus truncator
(Fabricius, 1798)
Overview
Taxonomy
Heterischnus truncator
Description
Biology
A parasitoid. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are Alucita grammodactyla, Dalaca quadricornis, Emmelina monodactyla, Eriogaster lanestris, Heliothis viriplaca, Hyphantria cunea, Leucoma salicis and Pterophorus pentadactyla.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
34 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Heterischnus truncator
(Fabricius, 1798)
Original name
Ichneumon truncator
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Bassus
Heterischnus
Ischnopsidea
Ischnus
Rhexidermus
Synonyms
Heterischnus moravicus
Heterischnus nigrinus
Heterischnus notatipes
Heterischnus pseudonigricollis
Heterischnus rufescens
Heterischnus rufithorax
Heterischnus rufoniger
Heterischnus thoracicus
Type
Universitets Zoologiske Museum
, Copenhagen, Denmark (female, 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.
