Aleiodes (Greek "not", λείος "smooth", εἵδος "appearance") is a genus of the family Braconidae of parasitoid wasps described by Constantin Wesmael in 1838. They are also known as mummy-wasps.

Aleiodes
Aleiodes shakirae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Rogadinae
Tribe: Aleiodini
Genus: Aleiodes
Wesmael, 1838
Synonyms[1]
  • Aliodes Agassiz, 1846
Aleiodes rugulosus

The female attacks caterpillars of various species, including many pests such as spongy moths and tent caterpillars, and then deposits eggs in the caterpillars. The eggs hatch and the wasp larva feeds on the caterpillar, leaving a hardened caterpillar skin, or mummy. The wasp pupates within the mummy and eventually the adult breaks out, leaving a small hole in the husk of the caterpillar.

There are thousands of species, including:

References

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  1. ^ Aleiodes . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 5 July 2022.
  • Wesmael, Constantin (1838). "Monographie de Braconides de Belgigue". Nouvelles Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Bruxelles. 11: 1–167.
  • "Shakira, Robert Frost, Ellen, and other famous people get wasps named after them". 12 May 2014.
  • "Genus Aleiodes - Mummy-wasps". BugGuide.
  • Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio; Shaw, Scott Richard (2014). "Twenty-four new species of Aleiodes Wesmael from the eastern Andes of Ecuador with associated biological information (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae)". ZooKeys (405): 1–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.405.7402. PMC 4023268. PMID 24843275.
  • Fortier, Joseph C. (2009). "A Revision of the Tetrasphaeropyx Ashmead Lineage of the Genus Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2256. Magnolia Press: 1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2256.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-417-2.

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