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Atractodes Gravenhorst

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Cryptinae)

Atractodes Gravenhorst 1829. Type species: Atractodes bicolor Gravenhorst 1829.

 

Atractodes mallyi Bridwell,1919

Distribution

Afrotropical, Holarctic & Oriental regions

Biology

Hosts: Calliphora vicina (Calliphoridae), Cryphia ravula (Noctoidae), Hydrotaea dentipes (Muscidae, Hylemya anthracina (Anthomyiidae), Helemya melania (Anthomyiidae), L:imnophora riparia (Muscidae), Musca domestica (Muscidae), Parapropsalpia sepiella (Anthomyiidae), Sarcophaga sp. (Sarcophagidae), Strobilomyi laricicola (Anthomyiidae), Strobilomyia sibirica (Anthomyiidae)

Reference

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1829. Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars III. Vratislaviae. 1097 pp.

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