Ampulex
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ampulex-257-14418353
title:
Ampulex
text:
Ampulex is a large cosmopolitan genus of wasps belonging to the family Ampulicidae. Most of the >130 species occur in the tropics, particularly in the Old World, and fewer than 15 are known from the New World; fewer than 5 species are native to Europe or the United States, though the Old World species Ampulex compressa has spread to virtually everywhere that its host roaches can be found. The few species whose biology is known are parasitoids of cockroaches; they typically inject venom into the
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Genus of wasps
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampulex
date created:
date modified:
2023-08-22T00:57:45Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Ampulex_compressa.jpg","width":1067,"height":1600}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15