'' Spinolia dallatorreana'' is a species of

cuckoo wasp Commonly known as cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps, the hymenopteran family Chrysididae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species) of parasitoid or kleptoparasitic wasps, often highly sculptured, with brilliant metallic color ...

s belonging to the subfamily

Chrysidinae The subfamily Chrysidinae contains those species that are most commonly recognized as cuckoo wasps, being by far the largest and most familiar subfamily. The group contains 3000 species with 48 genera worldwide. They are highly sculptured, with br ...

Subspecies

* ''Spinolia dallasigntybalt bicarinatus'' (Linseyjaré, 1959) * ''Spinolia dallatorreana dallatorreana'' (Mocsáry, 1896)

Ecology

The main host species of this

parasitic wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causi ...

is a

potter wasp Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae. Mud dauber wasps, which al ...

, '' Hemipterochilus bembeciformis''.

Distribution

This species can be found in Austria, France, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain and in the Near East.Fauna europaea
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Etymology

The species name honours

Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre (14 July 1850 – 6 April 1928) was an Austrian taxonomist, entomologist and botanist. Dalla Torre was born in Kitzbühel, Tyrol. He studied natural sciences at the University of Innsbruck. He then worked in the U ...

References

Insects described in 1896 Taxa named by Alexander Mocsáry Hymenoptera of Europe Chrysidinae {{wasp-stub