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Mesoleius tenthredinis
Morley, 1912
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host pupa.
The recorded hosts are
Gilpinia hercyniae
and
Pristiphora erichsonii
.
The recorded parasitoids are Euceros decorus,
Mesochorus dimidiatus
and
Mesochorus globulator
.
Distribution
Known from the Nearctic and Palaearctic realms with records from Canada-British Columbia, Canada-Manitoba, Canada-New Brunswick, Canada-Ontario, Canada-Quebec, Canada-Saskatchewan, Germany, U.S.A.-Alaska, U.S.A.-Michigan, U.S.A.-Minnesota, U.S.A.-Montana, U.S.A.-Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom.
Accepted name
Mesoleius tenthredinis
Morley, 1912
Original name
Mesoleius tenthredinis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Mesoleius
Scopesis
Synonyms
Mesoleius romani
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (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.
