''Eupelmus vuilletti'' is a species of
parasitic wasp found in
Burkina Faso and
Togo.
It is a solitary
ectoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has ...
of
bruchids.
The female is about in length and is green in color with bronzy tints, while the male averages in length and is green with a brassy tint.
This wasp is
synovigenic. It is also an
income breeder
Capital breeding and income breeding refer to the methods by which some organisms perform time breeding and use resources to finance their breeding. The former "describes the situation in which reproduction is financed using stored capital; hereas ...
in terms of sugars, but a
capital breeder in terms of lipids.
References
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Eupelmidae
Parasitic wasps