Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00279
Megastylus flavopictus
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About Megastylus flavopictus
Megastylus flavopictus is a parasitoid of mycetophilid fungus-gnat larvae.
Ecology and introduction history
Megastylus flavopictus is a parasitoid of mycetophilid fungus-gnat larvae. Its immature biology is therefore connected to a small fly host, not direct consumption of fungi by the wasp. Kauaʻi was the island from which the Hawaiian occurrence was first reported in 1982. The source treats it as an accidental immigrant; it does not provide a Kauaʻi host-species inventory or population estimate.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. First reported in Hawaiʻi from Kauaʻi in 1982; parasitoid of mycetophilid larvae.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Megastylus flavopictus
- Family
- Ichneumonidae
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Megastylus flavopictus is a parasitoid of mycetophilid fungus-gnat larvae.