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Acroricnus seductor

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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

  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ Catalogue of life
  3. ^ Maurizio Mei, Giorgio Pezzi, Remo De Togni, Umberto Devincenzo The oriental mud-dauber wasp Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom) introduced in Italy (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Fauna europaea

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Acroricnus seductor: Brief Summary

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Acroricnus seductor is a species of wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.

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