Braconid and ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) parasitoid wasps of Lepidoptera from the Maltese Islands Author Mifsud, David Author Farrugia, Lucia Author Shaw, Mark R. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-03-14 4567 1 47 60 journal article 28366 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3 08a63c3c-ef37-4a13-ad59-436532201c95 1175-5326 2593032 B1916909-5696-44EF-AC8F-E41CDF1E6DA8 Gelis exareolatus (F ӧrster, 1850) Materials examined: MALTA , Qammiegħ, 15. i.2006, 1 ♀, emerged from Coleophora acrisella Milliére ( Lepidoptera : Coleophoridae ), MZ, MSC; Ħad-Dingli , 27. x.2009, 1 ♂ & 1♀ , emerged from Coleophora festivella Toll , MZ, MSC; Ħad-Dingli , 20. x.2011, 1 ♀, emerged from Coleophora fretella Zeller , which was collected on 13.xii.2010 , MZ, MSC; Għajn Tuffieħa, 4. i.2015, 1 ♂, emerged from Coleophora fretella , which was collected on 7.xii.2014 , MZ, MSC [parasitoids determined by Martin Schwarz; hosts determined by Michael Zerafa]. Notes: New record for the Maltese Islands. Gelis exareolatus has been recorded as a primary idiobiont ectoparasitoid of Coleophora spp. (especially on Juncus ), Exoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus) as well as Kermania pistaciella Amsel ( Schwarz & Shaw, 1999 ; Yu et al ., 2012 ; Mehrnejad, 2002). It is also known as a pseudohyperparasitoid, parasitizing the cocoons of braconids attacking K. pistaciella (van Achterberg & Mehrnejad, 2002 ) .