Biology:Dirhinus
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Short description: Genus of wasps
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| Genus: | Dirhinus Dalman, 1818
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Dirhinus is a genus of parasitic wasps in the family Chalcididae. The genus has a worldwide distribution.
These chalcids are parasitoids of flies; most of the host species are flies that develop in vertebrate corpses, and many are associated with humans (Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae and Muscidae). Flies from the Tephritidae and Glossinidae are also parasitized.[1]
Female Dirhinus wasps target the host flies while they pupate in the soil (after the larval stage is complete); the wasp reaches the pupa by digging in the soil with her horns and an egg is laid on the body of the fly pupa, within its puparium.[1]
Species
The original description of the genus Dirhinus and of Dirhinus excavatus by J.W. Dalman (1818)[2]
There are about 70 described species:[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 van Noort, Simon. "Dirhinus - WaspWeb". Iziko Museums of South Africa. https://www.waspweb.org/Chalcidoidea/Chalcididae/Dirhininae/Dirhinus/index.htm. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ Dalman, J.W. (1818). "Några nya Genera och Species af Insecter". Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 39: 69–89. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/research-curation/projects/chalcidoids/pdf_X/Dalman818.pdf. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ↑ Noyes, J.S.. "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/chalcidoids/. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q13573447 entry
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