Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Native

Present in: 

PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

There are no available distributional data for this species.

First record from Cyprus: 

Dorchin et al. (2014)

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

This species is a polyphagous parasitoid of various species of many insect orders (Noyes 2019).

Known associates from Cyprus

This species was found as a parasitoid of an unidentified gall-midge on Capparis spinosa, and Asphondylia punica on Atriplex halimus.

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

Dorchin N, Mifsud S, Askew R (2014) Saltbush-associated Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in the Mediterranean basin and their chalcidoid parasitoids. Zootaxa 3869(4):394.

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