Biology:Cacoxenus indagator

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Short description: Species of fly

Houdini fly
Cacoxenus indagator (Drosophilidae), Wageningen, the Netherlands.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Cacoxenus
Species:
C. indagator
Binomial name
Cacoxenus indagator
Loew, 1858[1]

Cacoxenus indagator is a species of fruit fly.[1] It is a kleptoparasite, laying its eggs in the pollen-filled nest cells of mason bees.[2] On account of its ability to break out of those cells once hatched, it is commonly known as the Houdini fly.[3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13851790 entry