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Megacara hortulana
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Andricus terminalis,
Biorhiza pallida
, Biorhiza terminalis, Musca domestica and Neomyia cornicina.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Madeira Islands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Megacara hortulana
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
Original name
Cryptus hortulanus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Cryptus
Megacara
Phygadeuon
Synonyms
Megacara hispanator
Megacara postica
Megacara rusticellae
Type
Instytut Zoologiczny Uniwersytetu
, Wrocdaw, Poland (female, holotype)
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.
