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 seyrigi
Ceballos, 1925
Materials examined:
MALTA
,
Mellieħa
, 14.
iii.2003,
1
♀, emerged from
Oiketicoides
sp. (
Lepidoptera
:
Psychidae
), MZ, MSC [parasitoid determined by Martin Schwarz; host determined by Michael Zerafa].
Notes:
New record to the Maltese Islands.
Gelis seyrigi
was reported as a parasitoid of
Coleophora
spp. (
Lepidoptera
:
Coleophoridae
) and this idiobiont ectoparasitoid may be associated with saline habitats (
Schwarz & Shaw, 1999
;
Yu
et al
., 2012
).