Gelis agilis

Gelis agilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Genus: Gelis
Species:
G. agilis
Binomial name
Gelis agilis
(Fabricius 1775)

Gelis agilis is a tiny wingless hyperparasitoid wasp that attacks the parasitoid wasp Cotesia glomerata and other parasitoids, like Dinocampus coccinellae. It reproduces asexually, with adult females feeding on their hosts' hemolymph in order to create eggs.[1] It looks superficially like an ant and also produces ant-like alarm pheromones.[2]

References

  1. ^ Chen, Cong; Gols, Rieta; Biere, Arjen; Harvey, Jeffrey A. (April 2019). "Differential effects of climate warming on reproduction and functional responses on insects in the fourth trophic level". Functional Ecology. 33 (4): 693–702. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13277. ISSN 0269-8463.
  2. ^ Malcicka, Miriama Malcicka; Bezemer, T. Martijn (2015). "Multi-trait mimicry of ants by a parasitoid wasp". Scientific Reports. 5. Bertanne Visser, Mark Bloemberg, Charles J. P. Snart, Ian C. W. Hardy & Jeffrey A. Harvey: 8043. doi:10.1038/srep08043. PMC 4306968. PMID 25622726.


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