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Acroricnus seductor. Museum specimen | |
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Acroricnus seductor (Scopoli, 1786) | |
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Acroricnus seductor is a species of wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]
Subspecies
Species within this genus include:[2]
- Acroricnus seductor elegans (Mocsáry, 1883)
- Acroricnus seductor syriacus (Mocsáry, 1883)
Biology
These ichneumonid wasps parasite larvae of Sceliphron spirifex, Sceliphron destillatorium and Sceliphron caementarium.[3] Females of this species deposit eggs inserting the ovipositor through the mud wall of their host nest.[4]
Distribution
This species is present in Europe, in the Near East, in North Africa and in the Oriental ecozone.[5]
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Catalogue of life
- ↑ Maurizio Mei, Giorgio Pezzi, Remo De Togni, Umberto Devincenzo The oriental mud-dauber wasp Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom) introduced in Italy (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)
- ↑ Carlo Polidori · Matteo Federici · Pablo Mendiola · Jesús Selfa · Francesco Andrietti - Host detection and rate of parasitism by Acroricnus seductor (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a natural enemy of mud-dauber wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
- ↑ Fauna europaea
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