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Opius lugens
Haliday, 1837
Overview
Taxonomy
Description
Biology
A parasitoid.
The recorded hosts are Asphondylia verbasci, Chromatomyia syngenesiae [Senecio jacobaea], Chromatomyia syngenesiae [Taraxacum officinale], Ensina sonchi, Liriomyza congesta [Vicia faba], Liriomyza pusilla [Pilosella officinarum] and Ophiomyia [Medicago sativa].
Distribution
Known from the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Afrotropical realms with records from
30 countries and regions
.
Accepted name
Opius lugens
Haliday, 1837
Original name
Opius lugens
Taxonomic level
species
Combination history
Opius
Synonyms
Opius abscissus
Opius adveniens
Opius obscurus
Type
National Museum of Ireland
, Dublin, Ireland (male, 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.
