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Gelis areator (Panzer)

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

Gelis areator Panzer 1804. Holotype: desposition unknown  Type locality

Distribution

Gelis areator_map

Afrotropical: South Africa, Palearctic: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belguim, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, Oriental: Japan, Korea

Biology

Hosts:Psychidae, Coleophoridae (cases); Araneae (egg cocoons); Chrysopidae, small Lepidoptera, Ichneumonidae & Braconidae (cocoons).

Reference

Panzer, G.W.F. 1804. Faunae Insectorum Germanicae. Heft 92,94,95.

Credits

HOLOTYPE Gelis areator Photographs Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums.

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Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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