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

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Proctotrupidae

Exallonyx longicornis (Nees, 1834)

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).