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Hyposoter horticola
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary koinobiont endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in host egg or in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Melitaea aurelia, Melitaea cinxia, Melitaea cinxia [Plantago lanceolata], Melitaea cinxia [Veronica spicata] and Mellicta athalia.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Gelis agilis
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden.
Accepted name
Hyposoter horticola
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Original name
Campoplex horticola
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Anilasta
Anilastus
Campoplex
Hyposoter
Ophion
Type
Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu
, Wrocdaw, Poland (male, 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.