🐝Emerald cockroach wasp
La avispa esmeralda (Ampulex compressa) es una especie de himenóptero apócrito de la familia Ampulicidae. Se la conoce, al igual que otros miembros de este género, por su particular ciclo reproductivo, que consiste en controlar cucarachas vivas para conducirlas hasta el nido, donde se convierten en huéspedes de sus larvas.
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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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