Gelis melanocephalus · vytis

• Gelis fasciatus (Ratzeburg, 1852)
• Common Striped Ant-mimic Ichneumon

• gbif.org/species/1290298
• inaturalist.org/taxa/628129-Gelis-melanocephalus/browse_photos
• bioimages.org.uk/html/Gelis_melanocephalus.htm

Gelis melanocephalus (Schrank, 1781) is known as a parasitoid of the egg sacs of a broad range of spider species. Wingless Gelis are ant mimics (myrmecomorphy) probably as a defence against spiders whose egg-sacs are their target.