Cheiloneurus paralia is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Encyrtidae.[3] It is found in Europe. [4] It is a parasitoid of mealybugs. [5]

Cheiloneurus paralia
female specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Genus: Cheiloneurus
Species:
C. paralia
Binomial name
Cheiloneurus paralia
(Walker, 1837)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Encyrtus paralia Walker, 1837
  • Encyrtus formosus Boheman
  • Cheiloneurus eriococci Alam, 1957
  • Cheiloneurus formosus Boheman
  • Cheiloneurus formosus brachyptera Hoffer, 1957
  • Cheiloneurus formosus nigrithorax Hoffer, 1957
  • Cheiloneurus formosus submacroptera Hoffer, 1957
  • Cheiloneurus mongolicus Szelenyi,1971
  • Chiloneurus formosus (Boheman)
  • Chiloneurus paralia (Walker)

Taxonomy edit

This species was first described in 1837 by Francis Walker, within Monographia Chalciditum, and named Encyrtus paralia on the basis of a specimen collected in July from the "south of France".[6]

Distribution edit

This species has been (according to GBIF), observed in: Iran, Norway, UK, Mongolia, Sweden, Hungary, and Greece.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Monographia Chalciditum (Walker, 1837)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". nhm.ac.uk. 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  3. ^ Natalie Dale-Skey; Richard R Askew; John S Noyes; Laurence Livermore; Gavin R Broad (2016). "Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4): e8013. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.E8013. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 4910507. PMID 27346954. Wikidata Q28830079.
  4. ^ a b "Search".
  5. ^ Hossein Lotfalizadeh; Younes Karimpour; Gérard Delvare; Jean-Yves Rasplus (28 August 2020). "Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) obtained from common reed, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Poaceae) in Iran with new records and descriptions of two new species". European Journal of Taxonomy (710): 8. doi:10.5852/EJT.2020.710. ISSN 2118-9773. Wikidata Q104624696.
  6. ^ Walker, Francis (1837). "Monographia Chalciditum" (PDF). Internet Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-05-26.