Exallonyx longicornis (Nees, 1834)

Vas, Zoltan & Kutasi, Csaba, 2016, Hymenoptera from caves of Bakony Mountains, Hungary - an overlooked taxon in hypogean research, Subterranean Biology 19, pp. 31-39 : 37

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.19.10016
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scientific name	Exallonyx longicornis (Nees, 1834)
status

Treatment

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Proctotrupidae

Material examined.

Hungary, Veszprém County, Veszprém, Takó Cave, DFE: 8 m, 8 July 2009-18 November 2009, leg. Cs. Kutasi & L.T. Katona, 7 ♀♀; same location, 18 November 2009-5 December 2009, same collectors, 1 ♀.

Remarks.

Exallonyx longicornis is the most common proctotrupid wasp found in European caves; the females execute there their summer and winter rest in large abundance ( Novak et al. 2010). This species is an endoparasitoid of rove beetles ( Staphylinidae ) ( Gauld and Bolton 1988).