Latibulus
Latibulus argiolus | |
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Pupa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Subfamily: | Cryptinae |
Genus: | Latibulus |
Species: | L. argiolus |
Binomial name | |
Latibulus argiolus (Rossi, 1790) | |
Synonyms | |
Ichneumon argiolus |
Latibulus argiolus is a wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. The name is a senior synonym of Endurus argiolus.
Biology
Latibulus argiolus is a parasitoid which lies in wait in the near proximity of a Polistes paper wasp nest waiting for an opportunity for penetration and then, within a few seconds, lays an egg into a nest cell. The biology of the larva is unknown. There are two generations per year. The first emerges in the summer after pupation takes place in a yellowish cocoon within the cell; the second generation winters in a brown, resistant cocoon. The pupa of the second generation is able to break through the cell cover by making jerky movements. The pupa falls to the ground, looks for a recess by making rolling movements, and winters there.
References
- S. Makino, 1983: Biology of Latibulus argiolus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid of the paper wasp Polistes biglumis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) [biology] Kontyu 51:426-434, 1983
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Latibulus argiolus. |
- Fauna Europaea: Taxonomy
- www.hornissenschutz.de: Fotos der Puppenstadien
- National Agricultural University of Ukraine: Literaturelink (Russian / English)
- Hymis Forum