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Microplitis Mandibularis
''Microplitis mandibularis'' (Thomson 1985) (formerly ''Microgaster mandibularis'' Thomson, 1895) is a gregarious parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Several eggs are laid in lepidopteran larvae and erupt to spin their cocoons when the caterpillar is in the final instar. Hosts are moths of the family Noctuidae. Those reported by Güçlü & Özbek include: ''Conistra vaccinii'', ''Jodia croceago'', ''Lithophane ornitopus'', ''Noctua fimbriata'', ''Xanthia ocellaris'', with additional records of host species ''Lasionycta proxima'', and ''Xylena vetusta''. van Achterberg gives a key for identification of Braconidae from Greenland that includes a description of ''M. mandibularis,'' which can be distinguished from related species by its colouration. Fernandez-Triana ''et al.'' report ''M. mandibularis'' from: Greenland, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Macedonia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Russia (PRI, SAK), Serbia, Slovakia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Gustaf Thomson
Carl Gustaf Thomson (13 October 1824, in Malmöhus County, Malmöhus – 20 September 1899, in Lund) was a Sweden, Swedish entomologist. Thomson became a student in the University of Lund in 1843, graduated in 1850 and became associate professor of zoology there in 1857. In 1862 he became the curator of the entomological department of the Zoological Museum and in 1864 became a lecturer in entomology as well. An 1872 scholarship enabled him to travel to the continent for scientific study. He was offered the post of Director of the Entomological Museum in Berlin, but he declined. Carl Gustaf Thomson was the author of ''Coleoptera Scandinaviae'' (ten volumes, 1859–68), ''Skandinaviens inseckta'' (1862), ''Scandinavia Hymenoptera'' (five volumes, 1871–79) and ''Opuscula Entomologica'' (22 bands, 1869–97) He also published descriptions of the insects collected on the voyage of the Fregatten Eugenies (HSwMS Eugenie), the first Swedish vessel to circumnavigate the world. Leagues, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
