Horismenus floridensis
| Horismenus floridensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Genus: | Horismenus |
| Species: | H. floridensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Horismenus floridensis (Schauff & Boucek, 1987) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alachua floridensis Schauff & Boucek, 1987 | |
Horismenus floridensis is a species of hymenopteran insect of the family Eulophidae. It is parasitic on the pupae of Camponotus floridanus, the Florida carpenter ant.[2] Up to 21 H. floridensis wasps may develop on one C. floridanus pupa.[3] H. floridensis was described by Schauff and Boucek in 1987 as Alachua floridensis[4] and reassigned to Horismenus by Christer Hansson in 2009.[1]
H. floridensis has been reported in Campeche, Mexico, where it is parasitic on the pupae of Camponotus atriceps, the American carpenter ant.[5]
References
- 1 2 Hansson, Christer (2009). Eulophidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) 3: The genus Horismenus. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 82. Gainesville, Florida: The American Entomological Institute. ISBN 978-1-887988-26-1.
- ↑ Burks, Roger A. "Key to Nearctic eulophid genera - Alachua". University of California. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ↑ Lachaud, Jean-Paul; Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela (6 March 2012). "Diversity of Species and Behavior of Hymenoteran Parasitoids of Ants: A Review". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2012: 1–24. doi:10.1155/2012/134746.
- ↑ Schauff, Michael E.; Zdenek, Boucek (1987). "Alachua Floridensis, a new Genus and species of Entendoninae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitic on the Florida carpenter ant, Camponotus abdominalis (Formicidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 89 (4): 660–664 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ Pérez-Lachaud, Gabriela; Rocha, Franklin H.; Lachaud, Jean-Paul (January 20, 2023). "First Record of the Elusive Ant Parasitoid Horismenus floridensis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Mexico and New Association with an Ant Host". Neotropical Entomology. 52 (3): 530–537. doi:10.1007/s13744-022-01022-0. ISSN 1678-8052.
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