Ixodiphagus hookeri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Encyrtidae
- Genus
- Ixodiphagus
- Species
- Ixodiphagus hookeri
- Scientific Name
- Ixodiphagus hookeri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ixodiphagus hookeri
Ixodiphagus hookeri, the tick wasp, is an encyrtid wasp which lays its eggs into ticks. It seems to use a symbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia pipientis, to weaken the tick's immune system.
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