Pseudomalus auratus
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| Pseudomalus auratus | |
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| A live individual of Pseudomalus auratus | |
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| Pseudomalus auratus. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Chrysididae |
| Genus: | Pseudomalus |
| Species: | P. auratus |
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| Pseudomalus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Pseudomalus auratus is a species of cuckoo wasp (insects in the family Chrysididae).[1]
Biology
These wasps fly from late May to early October.[2] They mainly parasitize hymenoptera in the Apidae family (Ceratina), Colletidae family (Hylaeus), Megachilidae family (Anthidium) and in the Crabronidae family (Pemphredon lethifera, Pemphredon unicolor, Passaloecus gracilis, Passaloecus turionum, Passaloecus brevicornis, Rhopalum coarctatum, Psenulus and Trypoxylon).[2] Larvae mainly can be found in blackberry and raspberry branches and dead wood.[2][3]
