Omphale salicis

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Omphale salicis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Genus: Omphale
Species:
O. salicis
Binomial name
Omphale salicis
(Haliday, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Entedon (Omphale) salicis Haliday, 1833
  • Derostenus (Omphale) salici (Haliday, 1833)
  • Entedon salicis (Haliday, 1833)
  • Eulophus subulatus Nees, 1834
  • Eulophus terebrator Förster, 1841

Omphale salicis is a species of wasp in the family Eulophidae. [1] [2] [3] It is known from Europe and Canada. [4]

The body length is 1–1.7 mm (0.039–0.067 in) in males and 1.4–3.1 mm (0.055–0.122 in) in females. It is a parasitoid of gall midges (Cecidomyiidae) of the genus Contarinia : Contarinia loti, Contarinia vincetoxici, and probably Contarinia lentis. [4]

References

  1. "Omphale salicis (Haliday, 1833)". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  2. "Omphale salicis (Haliday, 1833)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. "Omphale salicis (Haliday 1833)". The Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina (2012). "Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae)". ZooKeys (232): 1–157. Bibcode:2012ZooK..232....1H. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.232.3625 . PMC   3494065 . PMID   23226702.