Mesopolobus Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea
Pteromalidae - Mesopolobus sp.

Emerged from Andricus quercuscalicis, Knopper Gall on Quercus


Robin Williams (Oak Galls in Britain) lists 4 iniquilines and 19 parasitoids:
Synergus gallaepomiformis, S. nervosus, S. pallicornis, S. umbraculus

Arthrolytus ocellus, Cecidostiba fungosa, C. semifascia, Eupelmus urozonus, E. vesicularis, Eurytoma brunniventris, Gelis formicarius, Mastrus deminuens (=castaneus), Megastigmus dorsalis, M. stigmatizans, Mesopolobus amaenus, M. sericeus, M. tibialis, Ormyrus nitidulus, Spilomicrus stigmaticalis, Sycophila bigutatta, Torymus auratus (=nitens), T. cyaneus, T. geranii


Mesopolobus

Mesopolobus

Mesopolobus
Mesopolobus sp.
From Andricus quercuscalicis gall collected Randalls Hill, Dorset. March 2018

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