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    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...
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    The emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp (Ampulex compressa) is a solitary wasp of the family Ampulicidae. It is known for its unusual reproductive behavior...
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    Ampulex dementor, commonly known as the dementor wasp, is a species of cockroach wasp native to Thailand, described in 2014 by Michael Ohl of the Museum...
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  • Ampulex ferruginea is a species of cockroach wasp in the family Ampulicidae. "Ampulex ferruginea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved...
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  • Ampulex canaliculata is a species of cockroach wasp in the family Ampulicidae. "Ampulex canaliculata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
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  • to premature transmission.[citation needed] The emerald cockroach wasp (Ampulex compressa) parasitises its host, the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)...
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  • Kim Possible A character in the DC Comics episode Guy Gardner: Warrior Ampulex dementor, a species of cockroach wasp native to Thailand The fictional...
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    dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia, the spider Eriovixia gryffindori, the wasp Ampulex dementor, and the crab Harryplax severus. Librarian Nancy Knapp pointed...
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    effective for biological control of cockroaches. Parasitoidal wasps such as Ampulex wasps sting nerve ganglia in the cockroach's thorax, causing temporary...
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    has been identified in Iraq as a host for larvae of the parasitic wasp Ampulex assimilis. An adult wasp stings the cockroach, pulls or leads it by its...
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    compressa; slender crayfish, Faxonius compressus emerald cockroach wasp, Ampulex compressa; empire gudgeon, Hypseleotris compressa Dendrobium compressum...
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    Wojciech J. Pulawski, California Academy of Sciences: Ampulicinae Ampulicini Ampulex – 132 species, found worldwide Trirogma – 7 species from Asia Dolichurinae...
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    (September 2009). "Notes on the Biology and Behaviour of the Jewel Wasp, Ampulex compressa (Fabricius, 1781) (Hymenoptera; Ampulicidae), in the Laboratory...
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  • wasp with a similar larval capacity to manipulate hosts to its own ends. Ampulex compressa, or the "emerald cockroach wasp", a wasp capable of debilitating...
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  • the cockroach Periplaneta americana by the venom of the parasitic wasp Ampulex compressa". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 178 (1): 91–100. doi:10...
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    Nomioides minutissimus (Rossi, 1790) in Poland (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)". Ampulex. 14: 17–21. Radchenko, Vladimir (January 1980). "The Nesting of Nomioides...
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    Aragog which first appeared in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." Ampulex dementor Ohl, 2014 Cockroach wasp Dementor "The new species is named after...
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    wasp with similar larval ability to manipulate hosts to its own ends. Ampulex compressa, or the "Emerald cockroach wasp", a wasp capable of debilitating...
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    Spheciformes Ampulex compressa Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Superfamily:...
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  • Platyscapa frontalis Sycoscapter stabilis Watshamiella infida Ampulex ceylonica Ampulex compressa Dolichurus albifacies Dolichurus aridulus Dolichurus...
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  • for the year 1870. Hymenoptera Note sur un Hyménoptère nouveau du genre Ampulex, trouvé aux environs de Vienne.Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen...
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