Cheiloneurus paralia

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]

Cheiloneurus paralia
female specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Encyrtidae
Genus:	Cheiloneurus
Species:	C. paralia
Binomial name
Cheiloneurus paralia (Walker, 1837)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Encyrtus paralia Walker, 1837 Encyrtus formosus Boheman Cheiloneurus eriococci Alam, 1957 Cheiloneurus formosus Boheman Cheiloneurus formosus brachyptera Hoffer, 1957 Cheiloneurus formosus nigrithorax Hoffer, 1957 Cheiloneurus formosus submacroptera Hoffer, 1957 Cheiloneurus mongolicus Szelenyi,1971 Chiloneurus formosus (Boheman) Chiloneurus paralia (Walker)

Taxonomy

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]

Distribution

This species has been (according to GBIF), observed in: Iran, Norway, UK, Mongolia, Sweden, Hungary, and Greece.^[4]