Xorides ater: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Ichneumonidae
- Genus
- Xorides
- Species
- Xorides ater
- Scientific Name
- Xorides ater
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xorides ater
Xorides ater is a parasitoid wasp from ichneumonid family that parasitizes long-horned beetles of these species and subspecies: Tetropium castaneum, Arhopalus rusticus rusticus. Three instances of a female mating with two males simultaneously have been observed, in which "the union seemed to be satisfying all three participants". The males observed did not appear to be competing for the female.
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Sibling Taxa
- Moerophora
- Xorides albopictus
- Xorides alpestris
- Xorides annulator
- Xorides ater
- Xorides australiensis
- Xorides berlandi
- Xorides brachylabis
- Xorides caerulescens
- Xorides calidus
- Xorides californicus
- Xorides cerbonei
- Xorides csikii
- Xorides depressus
- Xorides filiformis
- Xorides flavotibialis
- Xorides fuligator
- Xorides gracilicornis
- Xorides gravenhorstii
- Xorides hedwigi
- Xorides humeralis
- Xorides indicatorius
- Xorides insularis
- Xorides irrigator
- Xorides jakovlevi
- Xorides jezoensis
- Xorides maculiceps
- Xorides niger
- Xorides nigricaeruleus
- Xorides peniculus
- Xorides praecatorius
- Xorides praestans
- Xorides propinquus
- Xorides rufipes
- Xorides sepulchralis
- Xorides serratitibia
- Xorides stigmapterus