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Histeromerus mystacinus
Wesmael, 1838
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious ectoparasitoid. Known to oviposit on adult host, on host larva or on host pupa. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Dicerea alni, Leptura scutellata, Rhagium fasciculatum, Saphanus piceus, Sinodendron cylindricum, Strangalia aurulenta and Xylosteus caucasicola.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
21 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Histeromerus mystacinus
Wesmael, 1838
Original name
Histeromerus mystacinus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Histeromerus
Synonyms
Histeromerus apterus
Type
Institut Royal des Naturelles de Belqique
, Bruxelles, Belgium (female, lectotype)
Type of
Histeromerus
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.
