Biology:Microplitis mandibularis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Genus: | Microplitis |
| Species: | M. mandibularis
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| Microplitis mandibularis (Thomson, 1895)
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Microplitis mandibularis (Thomson 1985[1]) (formerly Microgaster mandibularis Thomson, 1895) is a gregarious parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera).
Several eggs are laid in lepidopteran larvae and erupt to spin their cocoons when the caterpillar is in the final instar. Hosts are moths of the family Noctuidae. Those reported by Güçlü & Özbek[2] include: Conistra vaccinii, Jodia croceago, Lithophane ornitopus, Noctua fimbriata, Xanthia ocellaris, with additional records of host species Lasionycta proxima,[3] and Xylena vetusta.[4]
van Achterberg[5] gives a key for identification of Braconidae from Greenland that includes a description of M. mandibularis, which can be distinguished from related species by its colouration.
Fernandez-Triana et al.[6] report M. mandibularis from: Greenland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Russia (PRI, SAK), Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom. It has additionally been recorded from Romania,[7] Iran,[8] and from Belgium and the Czech Republic.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Thomson, C. G. (1895). "LII. Bidrag till Braconidernas Kannedom". Opuscula Entomologica 20: 2141–2339. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9666362.
- ↑ GÜÇLÜ, Coşkun; ÖZBEK, Hikmet (2011). "A Contribution to the Knowledge of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Turkey". Journal of Biology & Life Sciences 2 (2): 1–5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267251637.
- ↑ Koponen, Martti (1992). "Contributions to the knowledge of the Braconidae of Finland (Hymenoptera)". Entomologica Fennica 8.I: 193–209. https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/download/83552/42838.
- ↑ Legg, Colin (2021). "Xylena vetusta larva with Microplitis mandibularis pupae.jpg". https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xylena_vetusta_larva_with_Microplitis_mandibularis_pupae.jpg.
- ↑ van Achterberg, Cornelius (2015). "11.4". in Bocher, Jens. Braconidae. Leiden: Brill. pp. 212–228.
- ↑ Fernandez-Triana, J.; Shaw, M.; Boudreault, C.; Beaudin, M.; Broad, G. R. (2020). "Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae).". ZooKeys (920): 1–1090. doi:10.3897/zookeys.920.39128. PMID 32390740.
- ↑ Papp, J.; Vas, Z. (2016). "Contributions to the Knowledge of Braconidae Fauna of Sălaj County, Romania (Hymenoptera)". Studia Universitatis "Vasile Goldiş", Seria Ştiinţele Vieţii 26 (1): 141–152. http://zoltanvas.uw.hu/5-%20SU26-%20ISS%201-%20J.P.-%20141-152.pdf.
- ↑ Najmeh, Samin; Coronado-Blanco, Juana María; Fischer, Maximilian; van Achterberg, Kees; Sakenin, Hamid; Davidian, Elena (2018). "Updated checklist of Iranian Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) with twenty-three new records". Natura Somogyiensis 32: 21–36. doi:10.24394/NatSom.2018.32.21.
- ↑ van Achterberg, K.. "Microplitis mandibularis (Thomson, 1895)". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8e366434-7ab2-4233-9c3a-a1f660ee8905.
Wikidata ☰ Q2711327 entry
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