Acrodactyla quadrisculpta

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Acrodactyla quadrisculpta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Acrodactyla
Species:
A. quadrisculpta
Binomial name
Acrodactyla quadrisculpta
(Gravenhorst, 1820)

Acrodactyla quadrisculpta is a species of parasitoid wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. [1]

It is native to Europe and Northern America. [1] Its host species is Tetragnatha montana , and the final instar of this wasp alters the spider's web-building behavior. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Acrodactyla quadrisculpta (Gravenhorst, 1820)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. Korenko, Stanislav; Korenková, Barbora; Satrapová, Jitka; Hamouzová, Katerina; Belgers, Dick (December 2015). "Modification of Tetragnatha montana (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) web architecture induced by larva of the parasitoid Acrodactyla quadrisculpta (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Polysphincta genus-group)". Zoological Studies. 54 (1): e40. doi: 10.1186/s40555-015-0119-6 . PMC   6747627 . PMID   31966127.