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Blondelia nigripes
 
 
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Synonyms
(1) Tachina nigripes Fallen, 1810
Dexodes nigripes (Fallen, 1810)
Lydella nigripes (Fallen, 1810)
Ceromasia nigripes (Fallen, 1810)
Blondelia nigripes (Fallen, 1810)
Type locality: Kiviks Esperöd, Sweden. Lectotype (female) in the Fallen collection in the NHRS (Stockholm) (fide Bergstrom and Bystrowski 2011).
(2) Tachina agilis Meigen, 1824
Blondelia agilis (Meigen, 1824)
(3) Tachina bibens Meigen, 1824
Blondelia bibens (Meigen, 1824)
(4) Tachina offusca Meigen, 1824
Blondelia offusca (Meigen, 1824)
(5) Tachina opaca Meigen, 1824
Blondelia opaca (Meigen, 1824)
(6) Blondelia nitida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(7) Tachina inflexa Bouche, 1834
Blondelia inflexa (Bouche, 1834)
(8) Tachina piniariae Hartig, 1838
Dexodes piniariae (Hartig, 1838)
Lydella piniariae (Hartig, 1838)
Ceromasia piniariae (Hartig, 1838)
Gervaisia piniariae (Hartig, 1838)
Blondelia piniariae (Hartig, 1838)
Blondelia nigripes piniariae (Hartig, 1838)
Type locality: not stated, probably Germany. Eight syntypes in the Hartig collection (ZSM, Munich) (fide Bergstrom and Bystrowski 2011).
(9) Masicera nitens Macquart, 1850
Blondelia nitens (Macquart, 1850)
(10) Masicera pinetorum Macquart, 1850
Blondelia pinetorum (Macquart, 1850)
(11) Tachina ignota Perris, 1852
Blondelia ignota (Perris, 1852)
(12) Tachina gracilistylum Macquart, 1854
Blondelia gracilistylum (Macquart, 1854)
(13) Tachina testaceolateralis Macquart, 1854
Blondelia testaceolateralis (Macquart, 1854)
(14) Masicera virilis Rondani, 1861
Blondelia virilis (Rondani, 1861)
(15) Tachina geometrae Brischke, 1885
Blondelia geometrae (Brischke, 1885)
(16) Tachina omnivora Brischke, 1885
Blondelia omnivora (Brischke, 1885)
(17) Dexodes machairopsis Brauer et Bergenstamm, 1889
Blondelia machairopsis (Brauer et Bergenstamm, 1889)

Wichtige Fehlbestimmungen:
(a) Masicera badensis auct. nec Macquart, 1850

There has been considerable confusion about the status of the taxon piniariae. Most authors cannot find any differences between the taxa nigripes and piniariae; however, Dowden (1933) has studied the biology of the two taxa and claims that nigripes and piniariae parasitize different host species: nigripes parasitizes lymantriids (Erebidae) and piniariae geometrids (Geometridae). However, Bergstrom and Bystrowski (2011) correctly point out that the way how Dowden distinguished between the two taxa is inappropriate. In addition, the assignment of the host to either nigripes or piniariae did not follow from experimental evidence, but rather from conceptual considerations (as discussed in Bergstrom and Bystrowski (2011)). In summary, the conclusions in Dowden (1933) are flawed in many aspects and in fact, there are no differences between the Blondelia flies reared from any of the hosts used by Dowden, thus removing any evidence that more than a single species of Blondelia could be involved (Bergstrom and Bystrowski 2011).
Identification
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Distribution
Diese Art ist in Europa und Asien weit verbreitet.
Biology
A parasitoid of several lepidopteran species. Reported host species include Bupalus piniaria, Abraxas grossulariata, Lymantria dispar and Euproctis chrysorrhoea.
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