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Microplitis mandibularis
(Thomson, 1895)
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A gregarious endoparasitoid. Known to emerge from host larva/nymph.
The recorded hosts are Conistra vaccinii, Hada proxima, Jodia croceago, Lithophane ornitopus, Noctua fimbriata and Xanthia ocellaris.
The only recorded parasitoid is
Gelis agilis
.
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic and Nearctic realms with records from
18 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Microplitis mandibularis
(Thomson, 1895)
Original name
Microgaster mandibularis
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Microgaster
Microplitis
Type
Zoologiska Institutionen
, Lund, Sweden (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.
