Biology:Cheiloneurus paralia

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Short description: Species of chalcid wasp

Cheiloneurus paralia
Cheiloneurus paralia (Walker) female, BMNH specimen BMNH(E)1414554.jpg
female specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Genus: Cheiloneurus
Species:
C. paralia
Binomial name
Cheiloneurus paralia
(Walker, 1837)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Encyrtus paralia Walker, 1837
  • Boheman Boheman
  • Szelenyi,1971 Chiloneurus formosus
  • Cheiloneurus formosus brachyptera (Boheman)
  • Cheiloneurus eriococci Hoffer, 1957
  • (Walker) Cheiloneurus formosus nigrithorax
  • Encyrtus formosus Alam, 1957
  • Hoffer, 1957 Cheiloneurus formosus submacroptera
  • Cheiloneurus formosus Hoffer, 1957
  • Chiloneurus paralia Cheiloneurus mongolicus

Cheiloneurus paralia is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Encyrtidae.[3] It is found in Europe. [4] It is a parasitoid of mealybugs. [5]

Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1837 by Francis Walker, within Monographia Chalciditum, and named Encyrtus paralia on the basis of a specimen collected in July from the "south of France".[6]

Distribution

This species has been (according to GBIF), observed in: Iran, Norway, UK, Mongolia, Sweden, Hungary, and Greece.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13462331 entry