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Distribution |
Palaearctic Region: Mediterranean (Algeria, Spain). |
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Biology |
Koinobiont parasitoid of
Barbotinia oraniensis, a cynipid inducing spherical galls inside
the seed capsules of annual species of poppies (Papaver rhoeas
and P. dubium) emerging in February to May, simultaneously with
Barbotinia oraniensis (Barbotin, 1964; Ronquist & Nieves-Aldrey,
unpubl. data). |
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References |
Buffington ML, Forshage M, Liljeblad J, Tang CT, van Noort, S. 2020.
World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera):a key to higher-level groups. Insect Systematics and Diversity
4(4): 1–69.
https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003
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Credits
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Photographs © Matt Buffington
(Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).
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