Global InformationDinocampus coccinellae information
| Dinocampus coccinellae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Hymenoptera
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| Family: | Braconidae
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| Subfamily: | Euphorinae
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| Genus: | Dinocampus
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| Species: | D. coccinellae
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| Binomial name | |
| Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank, 1802)[1]
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Dinocampus coccinellae is a braconid wasp parasite of coccinellid beetles, including the spotted lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata. D. coccinellae has been described as turning its ladybird host into a temporary "zombie" guarding the wasp cocoon. About 25% of Coleomegilla maculata recover after the cocoon they are guarding matures, although the proportion of other ladybird species which recover is much lower.[3]
- ^ "Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank 1802)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ Cushman, R. A. (1922). "The identity of Ichneumon coccinellae Schrank (Hym.)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 24 (9): 241–242.
- ^ Comont, Richard F.; Bethan V. Purse; William Phillips; William E. Kunin; Matthew Hanson; Owen T. Lewis; Richard Harrington; Christopher R. Shortall; Gabriele Rondoni; helen E. Roy (2014). "Escape from parasitism by the invasive alien ladybird, Harmonia axyridis". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 7 (4): 334–342. doi:10.1111/icad.12060. S2CID 85937864.