Agenioideus nigricornis

Agenioideus nigricornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Pompilidae
Genus: Agenioideus
Species: A. nigricornis
Binomial name
Agenioideus nigricornis
Johan Christian Fabricius, 1775

Agenioideus nigricornis is a species of spider wasp from the subfamily Pompilinae, found in Australia.[1][2] It is a parasitoid of the venomous redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii).[3]

References

  1. http://www.faunaeur.org/species_list.php
  2. Shimizu, A. & Wahis, R. 2009 Systematic studies on the Pompilidae occurring in Japan: Genus Agenioideus Ashmead (Hymenoptera), supplement, Entomological Science 12(3) 238-251
  3. Krogmann, Lars; Austin, Andrew D (2011). "Systematics of Australian Agenioideus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the first record of a spider wasp parasitizing Latrodectus hasselti Thorell (redback spider)". Australian Journal of Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2011.00850.x.
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