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Mesochorus fulgurans
Curtis, 1833
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are
Diprion pini
,
Dusona vidua
, Eupithecia lariciata, Eupithecia pimpinellata,
Gilpinia polytoma
,
Hyposoter tricolor
,
Itoplectis alternans
, Lypha ruficauda, Parnassius mnemosyne and Pristiphora alnivora.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
23 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Mesochorus fulgurans
Curtis, 1833
Original name
Mesochorus fulgurans
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Cryptus
Mesochorus
Synonyms
Mesochorus fulgurans
Mesochorus fulvus
Mesochorus pectinipes
Mesochorus suecicus
Type
National Museum of Victoria
, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (female)
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.