Ixodiphagus hookeri, the tick wasp, is an encyrtid wasp which lays its eggs into ticks. It seems to use a symbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia pipientis, to...
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ticks have been quite unsuccessful. The parasitoid encyrtid wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri has been investigated for its potential to control tick populations...
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Ixodiphagus is a genus of encyrtid wasp. They lay their eggs into ticks. I. brunneus (Girault, 1925) I. hirtus Nikol'skaya, 1950 I. hookeri (Howard, 1908)...
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The parasitic wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri lays its eggs inside castor bean ticks, though the castor bean tick is not I. hookeri's sole host. The scientific...
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and Rickettsiae Infection of Ixodes ricinus Due to Parasitic Wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri". PLOS ONE. 11 (2): e0149950. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1149950B. doi:10...
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