| Eurytoma obtusiventris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eurytomidae |
| Genus: | Eurytoma |
| Species: | E. obtusiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurytoma obtusiventris Gahan 1934 | |
Eurytoma obtusiventris is a species of chalcid wasp in the family Eurytomidae. It is found in North America and is a parasitoid of Eurosta solidaginis. The wasp attacks after oviposition but prior to the formation of a gall. Eurytoma obtusiventris prompts the Eurosta solidaginis larvae to create a pupa, which the wasp will use after consuming its host.[1] They typically consume the host in autumn and overwinter within the gall, emerging during the summer.[2]
References
- ↑ Sumerford, Douglas V.; Abrahamson, Warren G. (June 1, 1995). "Geographic and Host Species Effects in Eurosta solidaginis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Mortality". Environmental Entomology. 24 (3): 657–662. doi:10.1093/ee/24.3.657. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ↑ Baust, John G.; Grandee, Rhonda; Condon, George; Morrissey, Richard E. (1979). "The Diversity of Overwintering Strategies Utilized by Separate Populations of Gall Insects". Physiological Zoology. 52 (4): 572–580. ISSN 0031-935X.
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