| Acroricnus seductor | |
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| Acroricnus seductor. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Genus: | Acroricnus |
| Species: | A. seductor
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| Binomial name | |
| Acroricnus seductor (Scopoli, 1786)
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Acroricnus seductor is a species of wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]Subspecies of A. seductor include:[2]
- Acroricnus seductor elegans (Mocsáry, 1883)
- Acroricnus seductor seductor (Scopoli], 1786)
- Acroricnus seductor syriacus (Mocsáry, 1883)
Biology
[edit]These ichneumonid wasps parasitize 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
[edit]This species is present in Europe, in the Near East, in North Africa and in the Oriental ecozone.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ 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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