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Paracyphononyx funereus

Paracyphononyx funereus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Paracyphononyx is a genus of spider wasps distributed in the tropics and warmer temperate regions; they differ from other pompilids in that they do not permanently disable the host spider but allow the spider to resume activity after the wasp has laid its egg on the spider while the wasp larva exists as koinobiont ectoparasitoid of the spider. Species There are 51 species currently recognised in Paracophonyx and some of these are listed below with the areas where they have been recorded from. Paracyphononyx affinis Haupt, 1929 Cameroon, Ghana, Uganda, Ecuador Paracyphononyx africanus…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 6