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Meteorus obfuscatus
(Nees, 1811)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Ips acuminatus, Mycetochara axillaris, Neotriplax lewisi, Orchesia micans, Orchesia micans [Boletus], Orchesia micans [Fistulina hepatica], Orchesia micans [Inonotus hispidus], Orchesia micans [Phellinus igniarius], Orchesia minor, Pogonocherus hispidus, Tetrops praeustus and Triplax russica.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic realm with records from
18 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Meteorus obfuscatus
(Nees, 1811)
Original name
Bracon obfuscatus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Meteorus
Perilitus
Synonyms
Meteorus fodori
Meteorus formosus
Meteorus orchesiae
Meteorus thoracicus
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.
