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Meteorus pulchricornis
(Wesmael, 1835)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid. Known to oviposit in larva/nymph. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
there are
82 host records
.
The recorded parasitoids are
Acrolyta rufocincta
,
Astiphromma splenium
, Brachymeria secundaria,
Eupelmus urozonus
,
Eurytoma verticillata
,
Gelis areator
,
Mesochorus cimbicis
,
Mesochorus crassimanus
,
Mesochorus discitergus
and
Perilampus ruficornis
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Australian realms with records from
65 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Meteorus pulchricornis
(Wesmael, 1835)
Original name
Perilitus pulchricornis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Meteorus
Synonyms
Meteorus baicalensis
Meteorus graeffei
Meteorus japonicus
Meteorus macedonicus
Meteorus nipponensis
Meteorus striatus
Meteorus thomsoni
Meteorus tuberculifer
Type
Institut Royal des Naturelles de Belqique
, Bruxelles, Belgium (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.
