Arthrolytus

Thomson, 1878

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A of small in the Pteromalidae. European have been reared from cynipid galls on oak, indicating a parasitoid relationship with gall wasps. The genus includes at least two newly described European species, A. nanus and A. incisus, alongside A. ocellus.

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Habitat

Oak galls formed by cynipid .

Distribution

Europe; records from Denmark (DK) and Spain (ES).

Host Associations

  • cynipid oak galls - European reared from galls on oak

Ecological Role

of gall-forming cynipid ; likely contributes to of gall wasp .

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