Embolemus ruddii

Species of wasp

Embolemus ruddii

Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Embolemidae
Genus:  | Embolemus
Species:  |

E. ruddii

Binomial name
Embolemus ruddii

Westwood, 1833

Embolemus ruddii is a small aculeate wasp in the family Embolemidae.[1]

## Biology

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Females are apterous whilst males are winged. It is a widespread, yet rarely recorded palearctic species.[2] They are believed to parasitise tree root-feeding planthoppers in the family Cixiidae. [3]

## References

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1. ^ J.T. Burn (1997). "Embolemus ruddii (Westwood,1833)". Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
2. ^ Crowley, L (2018). "Embolemus ruddii recorded from a pitfall trap in Staffordshire". BWARS newsletter.
3. ^ Varrone, R. & Olmi, M. (2010). First record of host of Embolemus ruddii Westwood (Hymenoptera Embolemidae). Frustula entomologica, 33, 91-95.

Taxon identifiers

Embolemus ruddii|

* Wikidata: Q14583547
* Wikispecies: Embolemus ruddii
* BioLib: 71224
* EoL: 3836335
* EUNIS: 86961
* Fauna Europaea: 79740
* Fauna Europaea (new): 20732b76-a82d-4d6e-b8a1-f8abd2b78d83
* GBIF: 4492485
* Insecta.pro: 988638
* NBN: NHMSYS0000875903
* NCBI: 2881914
* Open Tree of Life: 3277958