Ampulex
Encyclopedia
Ampulex is a genus
of wasp
s belonging to the family Ampulicidae
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For further species see ITIS.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of wasp
Wasp
The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...
s belonging to the family Ampulicidae
Ampulicidae
The Ampulicidae, or Cockroach wasps, is a small , primarily tropical group of sphecoid wasps, all of which use various cockroaches as prey items for their larvae. They tend to have elongated jaws, a pronounced neck-like constriction behind the head, a strongly petiolate abdomen, and deep grooves on...
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Species
- Ampulex compressa FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1781 – jewel wasp or emerald cockroach wasp) - Ampulex fasciata JurineLouis JurineLouis Jurine was a Swiss physician, surgeon and naturalist mainly interested in entomology. He lived in Geneva.-Surgeon:Studies of surgery in Paris. Jurine quickly acquires a very great reputation of expert, well beyond Geneva...
, 1807 - Ampulex canaliculata SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1823
For further species see ITIS.