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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Agathidinae » Agathidini » Agathis » Agathis malvacearum

Species Agathis malvacearum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Parasitic Wasp - Agathis malvacearum - female Long-tailed wasp - Agathis malvacearum - female Branconid Wasp Agathis malvacearum - Burdock Seedhead Moth Parasite Female - Agathis malvacearum - female Wasp oviposting in Burdock (Arctium lappa) flower. - Agathis malvacearum - female Wasp oviposting in Burdock (Arctium lappa) flower. - Agathis malvacearum - female Emerged from burdock seedhead moth hibernaculum - Agathis malvacearum Wasp - Agathis malvacearum - female Wasp - Agathis malvacearum - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)
Subfamily Agathidinae
Tribe Agathidini
Genus Agathis
Species malvacearum (Agathis malvacearum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
A. metzeneriae Muesebeck, 1967
Explanation of Names
Agathis malvacearum Latreille, 1805
Food
Parasitoid of the burdock seedhead moth (Metzneria lappella)
Remarks
This species and its host are both native to Europe and were presumably introduced along with the moth's host plant, common burdock (Arctium minus).
Internet References
BOLD Systems specimens
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 8 September, 2009 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, PaleoJon
Last updated 24 February, 2023 - 10:57pm

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