Gelis agilis explained

Gelis agilis is a tiny wingless hyperparasitoid wasp that attacks the parasitoid wasp Cotesia glomerata and other parasitoids, like Dinocampus coccinellae. It reproduces asexually, with adult females feeding on their hosts' hemolymph in order to create eggs.[1] It looks superficially like an ant and also produces ant-like alarm pheromones.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Chen . Cong . Gols . Rieta . Biere . Arjen . Harvey . Jeffrey A. . Differential effects of climate warming on reproduction and functional responses on insects in the fourth trophic level . Functional Ecology . April 2019 . 33 . 4 . 693–702 . 10.1111/1365-2435.13277 . en . 0269-8463. free .
  2. Malcicka. Miriama Malcicka. Bezemer. T. Martijn. 2015. Bertanne Visser, Mark Bloemberg, Charles J. P. Snart, Ian C. W. Hardy & Jeffrey A. Harvey. Multi-trait mimicry of ants by a parasitoid wasp. Scientific Reports. 5. 8043 . 10.1038/srep08043 . 25622726 . 4306968 .

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