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
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47
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journal article
28366
10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3
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1175-5326
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Mirax rufilabris
Haliday, 1833
Material examined:
MALTA
,
Naxxar
Gap, 20.
xi.2008, 2
exx., emerged from larva of
Ectoedemia euphorbiella
(
Lepidoptera
:
Nepticulidae
), MZ, DMC;
Naxxar
Gap, 22–23.
xii.2009, 2
exx., emerged from larva of
Ectoedemia euphorbiella
which was collected in
iii.2009
, MZ, NMS [parasitoids identified to generic level by Mark Shaw; host identified by Michael Zerafa].
Notes:
This species was recorded from
Malta
by
Papp (2015)
but the material was not closely re-examined to confirm or otherwise his identification. It is a koinobiont endoparasitoid of
Lepidoptera
from the family
Nepticulidae
(
Shaw & Huddleston, 1991
;
Shaw & Askew, 1976
).