Acroricnus seductor

Acroricnus seductor is a species of wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]

Acroricnus seductor
Acroricnus seductor. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Superfamily:
Ichneumonoidea
Family:
Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:
Gelinae
Genus:
Acroricnus
Species:
A. seductor
Binomial name
Acroricnus seductor
(Scopoli, 1786)
Synonyms
  • Acroricnus ruficornis (Forster, 1855)
  • Acroricnus seductorius (Fabricius, 1793)

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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