Gasteruption assectator

Gasteruption assectator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Gasteruptiidae
Genus:	Gasteruption
Species:	G. assectator
Binomial name
Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gasteruption assectator, the wild carrot wasp, is a species of carrot wasp in the family Gasteruptiidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. G. assectator is a generalist inquiline parasitoid of many other bee and wasp species such as Hylaeus confusus , Hylaeus pectoralis, and Pemphredon fabricii. ^[4]

References

1. "Gasteruption assectator". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. "Gasteruption assectator Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Gasteruption assectator Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. Bogusch, Petr; van Achterberg, Cornelis; Šilhán, Karel; Astapenková, Alena; Heneberg, Petr (27 August 2018). "Description of mature larvae and ecological notes on Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Evanioidea, Gasteruptiidae) parasitizing hymenopterans nesting in reed galls". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 65: 1–21. doi: 10.3897/jhr.65.26645 . Retrieved 18 September 2022.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

External links

• Media related to Gasteruption assectator at Wikimedia Commons