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Microctonus melanopus
Ruthe, 1856
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A solitary endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from adult.
The recorded hosts are Ceutorhynchus assimilis, Ceutorhynchus leprieuri, Ceutorhynchus obstrictus, Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma, Ceutorhynchus quadridens and Hypera meles.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
32 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Microctonus melanopus
Ruthe, 1856
Original name
Microctonus melanopus
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Microctonus
Perilitus
Type
The Natural History Museum, Department of Entomology
, London, England (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.
