Genus of wasps
Idris
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Close shot of several Idris species
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Idris
Förster, 1856
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~160
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Idris is a genus of parasitic wasps in the family Platygastridae, containing about 160 described species.[1] This genus is part of the tribe Baeini, which are egg parasitoids.[2] Members of the genus Idris are mostly parasitoids of spider eggs, but at least one member of the genus uses stink bugs as hosts.[3][4]
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- ^ Norman F. Johnson, Huayan Chen, & Bernhard Huber. (2018). New species of Idris Förster (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) from southeast Asia, parasitoids of the eggs of pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae). ZooKeys, 811(65–80), 65–80. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.811.29725
- ^ Lomeli-Flores, J.R., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, S.E., Rodríguez-Levya, E., González-Hernández, H., Gariepy, T.D., & Talamas, E.J. (2019). Field studies and molecular forensics identify a new association: Idris elba Talamas, sp. nov. parasitizes the eggs of Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 73: 125–141. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.73.38025 https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/38025/element/8/34726/
- ^ Michelson, A. (n.d.). Tiny Parasitic Wasp Named After Idris Elba Hijacks Stink Bug Eggs. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved March 3, 2021, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/tiny-parasitic-wasp-named-after-idris-elba-hijacks-stink-bug-eggs-180973617/