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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Tribe: | Ephialtini |
| Genus: | Eruga Townes & Townes, 1960 |
| Type species | |
| Eruga lineata Townes & Townes, 1960 | |
Eruga is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the tribe Ephialtini. Some of its species are parasites of spiders in the families Tetragnathidae and Linyphiidae. It consists of approximately 15 species, found in the Afrotropical, Nearctic and Neotropical regions.
References
- Townes, Henry; Townes, Marjorie (1960). "Ichneumon-Flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, and Acaenitinae". United States National Museum Bulletin. 216 (2): 220, 238–241. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.216.1-2. hdl:10088/10225.
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). "Order 25. Hymenoptera". American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Barrantes, Gilbert; Sandoval, Luis; Hanson, Paul (2017). "Cocoon Web Induced by Eruga telljohanni (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Leucauge sp. (Tetragnathidae)". Arachnology. 17 (5): 245–247. doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.5.245.
- Sobczak, Jober F.; Pádua, Diego G.; Costa, Letícia F. A.; Carvalho, João L. V. R.; Ferreira, João P. S.; Sobczak, Jullyana C. M. S. M.; Messas, Yuri F. (2018). "The parasitoid wasp Eruga unilabiana Pádua & Sobczak, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) induces behavioral modification in its spider host". Entomological Science. 21 (1): 59–65. doi:10.1111/ens.12278.
External links
- Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eruga Townes 1960". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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