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Embolemus ruddii

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Embolemus ruddii is a small aculeate wasp in the family Embolemidae.[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Pancrustacea
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
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Embolemus ruddii
Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Embolemidae
Genus: Embolemus
Species:
E. ruddii
Binomial name
Embolemus ruddii
Westwood, 1833
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Biology

Females are apterous whilst males are winged. It is a widespread, yet rarely recorded palearctic species.[2] They are believed to parasitise tree root-feeding planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. [3]

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