- tiny
fairyflies (Mymaridae) and Trichogrammatidae. The
females of some
membracid species sit over
their eggs to
protect them from
predators and parasites...
- Asia. They lay
solitary eggs and the
young do not
aggregate as in some
membracids. The
genus was
described by
William Lucas Distant in 1908.
Several species...
-
observed collecting honeydew to feed on from aphids,
scale insects, and
membracids.[citation needed] They
appear to be more
likely to
invade homes after...
- with ants, and most
known species feed on
Hemiptera (aphids, coccids,
membracids, and psyllids),
though some, like Liphyra, feed on the ants themselves...
- con****uous mound-building, and very
frequent ****ociation with
aphids and
membracids point to a
comparably important ecological role.[citation needed] Formica...
- America.
Females lay
their eggs in the buds of
black locust trees.
These membracids are
attended to by ants, such as
Formica subsericea. "Vanduzea arquata...
- and A. levinotus, have been
found to be
ectoparasites on
aetalionid and
membracid plant-hoppers in Brazil.
Akainothrips francisi of
Australia is a parasite...
-
Heteropyxis natalensis tree,
where they were
imbibing the
secretions of
membracids that were
feeding on the tree. The
larvae feed on
algae (cyanobacteria)...
-
often collect honeydew from honey-dew
producing cercopids and
nymphal membracids. The
nectar gathering activity of
these wasp
species allows them to provide...
- apiculatum have also been
observed soliciting honeydew from
insects including membracids (Vanduzea segmentata), aphids, and
other ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus,...
