Bruchophagus
''Bruchophagus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eurytomidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. ''Bruchophagus'' is a genus of small wasps in the family Eurytomidae. These wasps are primarily seed predators, meaning their larvae develop inside seeds, feeding on them from within. Many species in this genus are agricultural pests because they infest the seeds of important crops like alfalfa, clover, and other legumes. Key Features * Size & Appearance: They are tiny, usually only a few millimeters long, with black or dark bodies and clear wings. * Life Cycle: The female lays eggs inside seeds, and the larvae hatch and feed on the seed material, eventually emerging as adult wasps. * Impact on Crops: Species like ''Bruchophagus roddi'' and ''Bruchophagus platyptera'' are known to damage legume seeds, reducing crop yields. * Control Measures: Farmers often use biological control methods, such as encouraging natural predators, and agricultural practices like crop ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bruchophagus Roddi
''Bruchophagus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eurytomidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en .... ''Bruchophagus'' is a genus of small wasps in the family Eurytomidae. These wasps are primarily seed predators, meaning their larvae develop inside seeds, feeding on them from within. Many species in this genus are agricultural pests because they infest the seeds of important crops like alfalfa, clover, and other legumes. Key Features * Size & Appearance: They are tiny, usually only a few millimeters long, with black or dark bodies and clear wings. * Life Cycle: The female lays eggs inside seeds, and the larvae hatch and feed on the seed material, eventually emerging as adult wasps. * Impact on Crops: Species like ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bruchophagus Abnormis
''Bruchophagus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eurytomidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. ''Bruchophagus'' is a genus of small wasps in the family Eurytomidae. These wasps are primarily seed predators, meaning their larvae develop inside seeds, feeding on them from within. Many species in this genus are agricultural pests because they infest the seeds of important crops like alfalfa, clover, and other legumes. Key Features * Size & Appearance: They are tiny, usually only a few millimeters long, with black or dark bodies and clear wings. * Life Cycle: The female lays eggs inside seeds, and the larvae hatch and feed on the seed material, eventually emerging as adult wasps. * Impact on Crops: Species like ''Bruchophagus roddi'' and ''Bruchophagus platyptera'' are known to damage legume seeds, reducing crop yields. * Control Measures: Farmers often use biological control methods, such as encouraging natural predators, and agricultural practices like crop ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eurytomidae
The Eurytomidae are a family within the superfamily Chalcidoidea. Unlike most chalcidoids, the larvae of many are phytophagous (feeding in stems, seeds, or galls), while others are more typical parasitoids, though even then the hosts are usually found within plant tissues. Some species of eurytomids are unusual in the sense that they are parasitoids of spider eggs. Females of this group are idiobionts that probe through the thin silk of spider egg sacs and oviposit into individual spider eggs that are clustered within the sacs. They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats, and a few are considered pests. They tend to be dull and not metallic, and heavily punctured, with very thick, collar-like pronota. Taxa , Eurytomid genera include: Buresiinae Lotfalizadeh et al., 2007 * '' Buresium'' * '' Macrorileya'' Eurytominae * '' Aiolomorphus'' * '' Aranedra'' * '' Austrodecatoma'' * '' Ausystole'' * '' Axanthosoma'' * '' Axanthosomella'' * ''Axima'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wasps
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants are deeply nested within the wasps, having evolved from wasp ancestors. Wasps that are members of the clade Aculeata can Stinger, sting their prey. The most commonly known wasps, such as yellowjackets and hornets, are in the family Vespidae and are Eusociality, eusocial, living together in a nest with an egg-laying queen and non-reproducing workers. Eusociality is favoured by the unusual haplodiploid system of sex-determination system, sex determination in Hymenoptera, as it makes sisters exceptionally closely related to each other. However, the majority of wasp species are solitary, with each adult female living and breeding independently ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cosmopolitan Distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and environmental conditions, though this is not always so. Killer whales ( orcas) are among the most well-known cosmopolitan species on the planet, as they maintain several different resident and transient (migratory) populations in every major oceanic body on Earth, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and every coastal and open-water region in-between. Such a taxon (usually a species) is said to have a ''cosmopolitan'' distribution, or exhibit cosmopolitanism, as a species; another example, the rock dove (commonly referred to as a ' pigeon'), in addition to having been bred domestically for centuries, now occurs in most urban areas around the world. The extreme opposite of a cosmopolitan species is an endemic (native) species, or one foun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |