Biology:Barycnemis blediator
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Short description: Species of wasp
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Barycnemis blediator (Aubert, 1970)
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Barycnemis blediator is a small parasitic wasp. It lays its eggs in the larvae of the salt marsh rove beetle, Bledius spectabilis, which shows unusual behaviour for an insect in that it actively protects its young from the wasp.[1]
References
- ↑ Wyatt, T D; Foster, W A (1989). "Parental Care in the Subsocial Intertidal Beetle, Bledius spectabilis, in Relation to Parasitism by the Ichneumonid Wasp, Barycnemis blediator". Behaviour 110 (1–4): 76–92. doi:10.1163/156853989x00394.
Wikidata ☰ Q4866002 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycnemis blediator.
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