Nasonia longicornis is a species of pteromalid wasp in the family Pteromalidae.[1] It can be identified by the structure of its antennae. It is a parasitoid of Protocalliphora pupae, usually found in birds' nests. The species is found in western North America.[2] Females usually only mate once in their lifetime.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pteromalidae |
| Genus: | Nasonia |
| Species: | N. longicornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nasonia longicornis Darling, 1990
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References
edit- ^ "Nasonia longicornis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Darling, D. Christopher; Werren, John H. (1 May 1990). "Biosystematics of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): Two New Species Reared from Birds' Nests in North America". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 83 (3): 352–370. doi:10.1093/aesa/83.3.352. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Mair, Magdalena M.; Seifert, Nicole; Ruther, Joachim (September 2018). "Previous Interspecific Courtship Impairs Female Receptivity to Conspecifics in the Parasitoid Wasp Nasonia longicornis But Not in N. vitripennis". Insects. 9 (3): 112. doi:10.3390/insects9030112. ISSN 2075-4450. PMC 6163980. PMID 30200429.
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