Cacoxenus indagator

(Cacoxenus indagator)

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Description

acoxenus indagator is a species of fruit fly. It is a kleptoparasite, laying its eggs in the pollen-filled nest cells of mason bees. On account of its ability to break out of those cells once hatched, it is commonly known as the Houdini fly

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Drosophilidae
Genus:Cacoxenus
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