| Cheiloneurus paralia | |
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| female specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Encyrtidae |
| Genus: | Cheiloneurus |
| Species: | C. paralia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheiloneurus paralia | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Cheiloneurus paralia is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Encyrtidae. [3] It is found in Europe. [4] It is a parasitoid of mealybugs. [5]
This species was first described in 1837 by Francis Walker, within Monographia Chalciditum, and named Encyrtus paralia on the basis of a specimen collected in July from the "south of France". [6]
This species has been (according to GBIF), observed in: Iran, Norway, UK, Mongolia, Sweden, Hungary, and Greece. [4]
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The Entomological Magazine was a publication devoted to entomology.
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