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Mesochorus formosus
Bridgman, 1882
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Apanteles nanus, Apanteles schillei,
Cotesia perspicua
,
Glyptapanteles fulvipes
, Gracillaria syringella,
Macrocentrus collaris
,
Macrocentrus thoracicus
,
Macrocentrus thoracicus
[Chalciope mygdon], Phyllonorycter, Phyllonorycter froelichiella, Phyllonorycter lantanella and Phyllonorycter nicellii.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from Austria, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Russia-Astrakhanskaya Oblast, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Mesochorus formosus
Bridgman, 1882
Original name
Mesochorus formosus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Mesochorus
Stictopisthus
Synonyms
Mesochorus convexicollis
Type
Norwich Castle Museum
, Norwich, United Kingdom (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.
