Prestwichia aquatica
| Prestwichia aquatica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Trichogrammatidae |
| Genus: | Prestwichia |
| Species: | P. aquatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Prestwichia aquatica Lubbock, 1864
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Prestwichia aquatica is a species of trichogrammatid wasp.[1] They are aquatic, spending most of their adult lives entirely submerged in water. They parasitize eggs of aquatic beetles and damselflies.[1]
References
- ^ a b Shumakova, Irina; Fursov, Viktor; Gladun, Dmitri; Frantsevich, Leonid (2003-06-01). "Swimming in the diving wasp Prestwichia aquatica (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)". Entomologia Generalis. 26 (4): 225–234. doi:10.1127/entom.gen/26/2003/225. ISSN 0171-8177.