Ampulex compressa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Ampulicidae
- Genus
- Ampulex
- Species
- Ampulex compressa
- Scientific Name
- Ampulex compressa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Emerald cockroach wasp
The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa) is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its unusual reproductive behavior, which involves stinging a cockroach and using it as a host for its larvae. It thus belongs to the entomophagous parasites.
...Ampulex compressa in languages:
- Chinese
- 扁頭泥蜂
- English
- Emerald Cockroach Wasp
- English
- jewel wasp
- German
- Juwelwespe
- Japanese
- エメラルドゴキブリバチ
- Portuguese
- Vespa-jóia
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ampulex alisana
- Ampulex apicalis
- Ampulex arnoldi
- Ampulex assimilis
- Ampulex bantuae
- Ampulex bredoi
- Ampulex canaliculata
- Ampulex compressa
- Ampulex conigera
- Ampulex crawshayi
- Ampulex cyanipes
- Ampulex cyanura
- Ampulex dementor
- Ampulex denticollis
- Ampulex difficilis
- Ampulex dissector
- Ampulex dives
- Ampulex fasciata
- Ampulex ferruginea
- Ampulex formosa
- Ampulex gratiosa
- Ampulex honesta
- Ampulex lesothoensis
- Ampulex lugubris
- Ampulex maculicornis
- Ampulex micans
- Ampulex moebii
- Ampulex montivaga
- Ampulex murotai
- Ampulex mutilloides
- Ampulex nebulosa
- Ampulex nigrocoerulea
- Ampulex nigrosetosa
- Ampulex occipitalis
- Ampulex pilipes
- Ampulex purpurea
- Ampulex purpureum
- Ampulex regalis
- Ampulex seitzii
- Ampulex sibirica
- Ampulex smaragdina
- Ampulex spiloptera
- Ampulex timulloides
- Ampulex timuloides
- Ampulex toroensis
- Ampulex tridentata
- Ampulex venusta
- Ampulex viridescens
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