Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Native

Present in: 

PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

This species is present in the administrative region of Limassol.

First record from Cyprus: 

Masi (1934)

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

A parasitoid of Noctuidae and Pyralidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) (Noyes 2019).

Known associates from Cyprus

Hypsopygia costalis.

Conservation

IUCN Red List Category

(NE) DD LC NT VU EN CR EX

Not Evaluated

Conservation measures in place/needed

No measures in place.

Threats

No threats identified.

Presence within protected areas

Unknown.

References

Boucek Z (1956) A contribution to the knowledge of the Chalcididae, Leucospidae and Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) of the Near East. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 5B: 240.

Boucek Z (1977) A faunistic review of the Yugoslavian Chalcidoidea (Parasitic Hymenoptera). Acta Entomologica Jugoslavica 13(Supplement): 8.

Lotfalizadeh H, Ebrahimi E, Delvare G (2012) A contribution to the knowledge of family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 31(2): 79.

Masi L (1934) Calcididi dell'Isola di Cipro raccolti dal Sig. G.A. Mavromoustakis. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria. Genova. 57: 9.

Noyes JS (2019) Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids