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Mesopolobus diffinis (Walker, 1834) (a chalcid wasp)

Suggested Literature

Mesopolobus diffinis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
CHALCIDOIDEA
(chalcid wasps)
PTEROMALIDAE
(a family of chalcid wasps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Mesopolobus diffinis is associated with:

Photos larva Taxomyia taxi - Yew Artichoke Gall (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) larva is parasitoid of larva (full grown) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos larva Taxomyia taxi - Yew Artichoke Gall (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) larva is parasitoid of larva (3rd instar) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos larva Taxomyia taxi - Yew Artichoke Gall (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) larva is parasitoid of pupa Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos ovum Taxomyia taxi - Yew Artichoke Gall (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) ovum is parasitoid of pupa Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos ovum Taxomyia taxi - Yew Artichoke Gall (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) ovum is parasitoid of larva (3rd instar) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
Photos ovum Taxomyia taxi - Yew Artichoke Gall (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) ovum is parasitoid of larva (full grown) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Mesopolobus diffinis listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Mesopolobus diffinis:

larva larva is parasitoid host of larva Torymus nigritarsus - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 [(hyperparasitism)]

Mesopolobus diffinis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

References

Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992 Plant Galls

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