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
Ascogaster
sp.
Material examined:
MALTA
, Girgenti, 25.
vii.2016, 1
ex., emerged from caper buds infested with
Tephritidae
and probably
Tortricidae
though none was reared TC, DMC [parasitoid determined to generic level by Mark Shaw; host determination not made].
Notes:
This genus is here recorded for the first time from the Maltese Islands. The host would probably have been a tortricid, of which
Ascogaster
species are egg-larval koinobiont endoparasitoids.