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Syzeuctus tigris Seyrig 1926

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Mifsud, David, Farrugia, Lucia & Shaw, Mark R., 2019, Braconid and ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) parasitoid wasps of Lepidoptera from the Maltese Islands, pp. 47-60 in Zootaxa 4567 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2593032

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Seyrig
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Syzeuctus
Species
tigris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Syzeuctus tigris Seyrig, 1926 sec. Mifsud, Farrugia & Shaw, 2019

References

  • Schembri, S. P. (1992) A preliminary list of the Ichneumonidae of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 124 (1), 49 - 54.