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Gelis melanocephalus · vytis

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

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.

 

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