| Aulacus burquei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Aulacidae |
| Genus: | Aulacus |
| Species: | A. burquei |
| Binomial name | |
| Aulacus burquei (Provancher, 1882) | |
Aulacus burquei is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] It's only known host is Xiphydria . A. burquei lays its egg within the eggs of its host. [4]
Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. It includes wasps, bees, and ants, and consists of many families. It contains the most advanced hymenopterans and is distinguished from Symphyta by the narrow "waist" (petiole) formed between the first two segments of the actual abdomen; the first abdominal segment is fused to the thorax, and is called the propodeum. Therefore, it is general practice, when discussing the body of an apocritan in a technical sense, to refer to the mesosoma and metasoma rather than the "thorax" and "abdomen", respectively. The evolution of a constricted waist was an important adaption for the parasitoid lifestyle of the ancestral apocritan, allowing more maneuverability of the female's ovipositor. The ovipositor either extends freely or is retracted, and may be developed into a stinger for both defense and paralyzing prey. Larvae are legless and blind, and either feed inside a host or in a nest cell provisioned by their mothers.
Xiphydriidae are a family of wood wasps that includes around 150 species. They are located all over the world including North and South America, Australia, Europe, and others. Xiphydriidae larvae are wood borers in dead trees or branches of a range of trees. They are characterized as having long and skinny necks with dome-shaped heads. The oldest fossils of the group are from the mid Cretaceous.
Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts. Different species specialise in hosts from different insect orders, most often Lepidoptera, though some select beetles, flies, or bugs; the spider wasps (Pompilidae) exclusively attack spiders.
The Aulacidae are a small, cosmopolitan family of wasps, with two extant genera containing some 200 known species. They are primarily endoparasitoids of wood wasps (Xiphydriidae) and xylophagous beetles. They are closely related to the family Gasteruptiidae, sharing the feature of having the first and second metasomal tergites fused, and having the head on a long pronotal "neck", though they are not nearly as slender and elongate as gasteruptiids, nor are their hind legs club-like, and they have more sculptured thoraces. They share the evanioid trait of having the metasoma attached very high above the hind coxae on the propodeum.
Pristaulacus strangaliae is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae and the order Hymenoptera found in North America. They are diurnal.
Pristaulacus is a cosmopolitan genus of aulacid wasps in the Hymenopteran family, Aulacidae. There are more than 190 described species in Pristaulacus. Most host records for Pristaulacus are wood-boring beetles.
Pristaulacus resutorivorus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus rufitarsis is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus occidentalis is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus montanus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae occurring in North America.
Pristaulacus minor is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus foxleei is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus flavicrurus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus fasciatus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Aulacus is a genus of aulacids, ensigns, and gasteruptiids in the family Aulacidae. There are 77 species of Aulacus.
Pristaulacus niger is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Aulacus dispilis is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus editus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus melleus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Xiphydria prolongata, commonly known as willow wood wasp or red-belted necked wood wasp, is a species of sawfly in the family Xiphydriidae. It is native to Europe and has been introduced to North America.
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