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Cheiloneurus elegans

Cheiloneurus elegans is a parasitic wasp species in the genus Cheiloneurus.

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Cheiloneurus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Encyrtidae
Genus: Cheiloneurus
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cheiloneurus elegans
(Dalman, 1820)1
Synonyms
  • Cheiloneurus elegantissimus
  • Cleonymus elegans (Dalman, 1820)
  • Encyrtus elegans

Cheiloneurus elegans is a parasitic wasp species in the genus Cheiloneurus.

Its EPPO code is CHEUEL.2

The host for this wasp is Contarinia larvae found inside galls. 3

References

References

  1. JW Dalman - Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 1820
  2. Cheiloneurus elegans at EPPO codes
  3. Zhao, Qian; Hu, Hong-Ying; Kang, Ning; Gao, Cai-Hong (2023-08-14). "Biology and morphometric relationship of gall inducers Contarinia sp. and corresponding parasitoids for swollen galls of Nitraria sibirica pall" (PDF). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 113 (5). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 645–657. doi:10.1017/s0007485323000342. ISSN 0007-4853. Retrieved 2025-10-05.
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