Biology |
Parasitoids of larva of Syrphidae
(Diptera). Where known, all aspicerines (including Melanips;
Buffington et al., 2007) are parasitoids of Diptera that are predaceous
on Aphididae (Ronquist, 1999; Buffington & van Noort, 2009; Ros-Farré &
Pujade-Villar, 2011; Buffington et al., 2012). |
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