🐝Emerald cockroach wasp
The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its unusual reproductive behavior, which involves leading a cockroach into a dug burrow and using it as a host for its larvae. It thus belongs to the entomophagous parasites.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Ampulex compressa yet.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHymenoptera
- ›familyAmpulicidae
- ›genusAmpulex
- ›speciesAmpulex compressa
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- tribeAmpulicini
- genusAmpulex
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- superfamilyApoidea
- familyAmpulicidae
- tribeAmpulicini
- genusAmpulex
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