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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Syzeuctus tigris
Seyrig, 1926
Material examined:
MALTA
,
Sliema
, 25.
vii.2016,
1
♀, emerged from flowers of
Limbarda crithmoides
with larvae of
Eublemma parva
(Hübner)
(
Lepidoptera
: Erebidae), LF, NMS;
Sliema
, 13.
ix.2016,
1
♂ &
1♀
, emerged from flowers of
Limbarda crithmoides
with
Eublemma parva
, LF, NMS; Għar Lapsi, 2.
x.2016,
1
♂, emerged from flowers of
Limbarda crithmoides
with
Eublemma parva
, LF, NMS.
GOZO
, Ramla l-Ħamra, 8.
vii.2016,
1
♂, emerged from flowers of
Limbarda crithmoides
with larvae of
Eublemma parva
, LF, NMS [parasitoids determined only to generic level by Mark Shaw and species was determined by David Mifsud; hosts determined by Michael Zerafa].
Notes:
This species was first recorded in the Maltese Islands by
Schembri (1992)
without host data. It is a koinobiont endoparasitoid of concealed
Lepidoptera
larvae.