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 Homolobus ( Phylacter ) meridionalis van Achterberg, 1979 Material examined: MALTA , Buskett , Verdala Palace , 1.xii.2016 –30. i.2017, 1 ♀, in Malaise trap , DM , DMC [parasitoid determined by Mark Shaw ] . Notes: Even though this koinobiont endoparasitoid was not reared from a lepidopteran host, it is being included for two reasons: (i) it represents a new record for the Maltese Islands and (ii) because its only known host is a lepidopteran. This species was recorded as a parasitoid of the noctuid, Dryobota labecula (Esper, 1788) feeding in spring on Quercus in southern France , but it is probably a bivoltine species and likely to parasitize low-feeding noctuids in its overwintering generation ( Shaw, 2015 ).