Toxares deltiger

Toraxes deltiger (Haliday 1833)

Toxares deltiger : adulte
Toxares deltiger : aile droite
Toxares deltiger : ovipositeur

Morphology

Antenna with 20 segments in females
Wing : similar to genus Ephedrus (see photo)
Ovipositor triangular (see photo)

Identification key

Biology

Primary endoparasitoid of aphids
The mummy is formed at ground level

Host aphids

 

Modification date: 25 April 2024 | Publication date: 02 December 2010 | By: Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet