Latibulus
{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Latibulus argiolus
| image =
| image_caption = Pupa
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Hymenoptera
| superfamilia = Ichneumonoidea
| familia = Ichneumonidae
| subfamilia = Cryptinae
| tribus = Cryptini
| subtribus = Sphecophagina
| genus = Latibulus
| genus_authority = Gistel, 1848
}}
Latibulus is a genus of wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are two species in Europe:{{cite web |url=https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/adca7b0b-a1e9-4299-a3f0-66993ac87a55 |title=Latibulus Gistel, 1848 |author= |date= |work=Fauna Europaea |publisher=Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin |accessdate=23 March 2019}}
{{species list
| Latibulus argiolus | (Rossi, 1790)
| Latibulus lautus | (Tosquinet, 1896)
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Biology
Latibulus argiolus is a parasitoid which lies in wait in the near proximity of a Polistes paper wasp nest waiting for an opportunity for penetration and then, within a few seconds, lays an egg into a nest cell. The biology of the larva is unknown. There are two generations per year. The first emerges in the summer after pupation takes place in a yellowish cocoon within the cell; the second generation winters in a brown, resistant cocoon. The pupa of the second generation is able to break through the cell cover by making jerky movements. The pupa falls to the ground, looks for a recess by making rolling movements, and winters there.
References
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- S. Makino, 1983: Biology of Latibulus argiolus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid of the paper wasp Polistes biglumis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) [biology] Kontyu 51:426-434, 1983
External links
{{Commons|Latibulus argiolus}}
- [http://www.hornissenschutz.de/latibulus-argiolus.htm www.hornissenschutz.de: Fotos der Puppenstadien]
- [http://www.nauu.kiev.ua/?id=1958 National Agricultural University of Ukraine: Literaturelink (Russian / English)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205057/http://www.hymis.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=516&sid=2101ed5ceca0a68b961be2283fecb4a7 Hymis Forum]
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Category:Taxa named by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel