Meraporus graminicola
Length 1-2mm. Wings either fully developed or rudimentary. Head and thorax varying from green through bronze-green to bronze or coppery bronze. Median area of propodeum 1-5 to 2-1 times as broad as long. Gaster varying from circular to oval. Male head with sinuose sulci, variable in pattern.
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Summer-autumn.
Parasitoid of Gall Midges, especially Mayetiola spp. on Gramineae.
Common and widespread.
Under recorded.
Graham, MWR de V. (1969) The pteromalidae of north-western Europe (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 16.
AJ Cann
Rutland Water Lagoon 7
03 July 2026
AJ Cann
Rutland Water Lagoon 7
03 July 2026
Male head with sinuose sulci
AJ Cann
Rutland Water Lagoon 7
03 July 2026
Male head with sinuose sulci
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Pteromalidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 03/07/2026 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 03/07/2026 (Cann, Alan)
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