Acroricnus seductor
| Acroricnus seductor | |
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| Acroricnus seductor. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Genus: | Acroricnus |
| Species: | A. seductor |
| Binomial name | |
| Acroricnus seductor (Scopoli, 1786) | |
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Acroricnus seductor is a species of wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.
Subspecies
Subspecies of A. seductor include:
- Acroricnus seductor elegans (Mocsáry, 1883)
- Acroricnus seductor seductor (Scopoli], 1786)
- Acroricnus seductor syriacus (Mocsáry, 1883)
Biology
These ichneumonid wasps parasitize larvae of Sceliphron spirifex, Sceliphron destillatorium and Sceliphron caementarium. Females of this species deposit eggs inserting the ovipositor through the mud wall of their host nest.
Distribution
This species is present in Europe, in the Near East, in North Africa and in the Oriental ecozone.
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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