Horismenus floridensis
Appearance
Horismenus floridensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Systasidae |
Genus: | Horismenus |
Species: | H. floridensis
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Binomial name | |
Horismenus floridensis (Schauff & Boucek, 1987)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Alachua floridensis Schauff & Boucek, 1987 |
Horismenus floridensis is a species of hymenopteran insect of the family Eulophidae. It is parasitic on the pupae of Camponotus floridanus, the Florida carpenter ant.[2] Up to 21 H. floridensis wasps may develop on one C. floridanus pupa.[3] Alachua floridensis is a junior synonym of H. floridensis.
References
[edit]- ^ "Universal Chalcidoidea Database - Horismenus floridensis". Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ Burks, Roger A. "Key to Nearctic eulophid genera - Alachua". University of California. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ Lachaud, Jean-Paul; Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela (6 March 2012). "Diversity of Species and Behavior of Hymenoteran Parasitoids of Ants: A Review". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2012: 1–24. doi:10.1155/2012/134746.