Ophion obscuratus Fabricius, 1798
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1916909-5696-44EF-AC8F-E41CDF1E6DA8 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5944578 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287F8-FB50-B304-689E-9A5FFE518EBE |
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Plazi |
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Ophion obscuratus Fabricius, 1798 |
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Ophion obscuratus Fabricius, 1798 View in CoL
Material examined: MALTA, Buskett , 25. xii.2010, 1 ♂, emerged supposedly from a larva of Lasciocampa quercus (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Lasciocampidae ), MZ, NMS. Additional material: Buskett, Verdala Palace, 1.xii.2016 –30. i.2017, 1 ♂ & 3♀♀, in Malaise trap, DM, NMS; Gnejna, 25. xii.2015, 1 ♀, TC, TCC [parasitoids were determined by Mark Shaw; host determined by Michael Zerafa] .
Notes: New record for the Maltese Islands. The specimen purportedly from L. quercus is of a comparable (relatively small) size to those seen from the usual noctuid hosts of this taxon in Britain, and Ophion species normally kill the host as a prepupa. Thus the record seems highly improbable, but the host remains are unavailable for re-examination. Ophion obscuratus is a nocturnal koinobiont endoparasitoid of several noctuid hosts that feed on exposed low vegetation.
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