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Ixodiphagus hookeri
| Ixodiphagus hookeri | |
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| adult hatched from an nymph of Ixodes ricinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Encyrtidae |
| Genus: | Ixodiphagus |
| Species: | I. hookeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Ixodiphagus hookeri (Howard, 1908)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ixodiphagus hookeri, the tick wasp, is an encyrtid wasp which lays its eggs into ticks.[3] It seems to use a symbiotic bacteria, Wolbachia pipientis, to weaken the tick's immune system.
- ^ Howard, L. O. (1908). "Another chalcidoid parasite of a tick". The Canadian Entomologist. 40 (7): 239–241. doi:10.4039/Ent40239-7.
- ^ "Ixodiphagus hookeri (Howard, 1908)". GBIF.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ Plantard O; Bouju-Albert A; Malard M-A; et al. (2012). "Detection of Wolbachia in the tick Ixodes ricinus is due to the presence of the hymenoptera endoparasitoid Ixodiphagus hookeri". PLOS ONE. 7 (1): e30692. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030692. PMC 3266912. PMID 22292021.
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