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Camera (wasp)

Camera is a genus of wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. Members of the genus are parasitoids on the eggs of wall crab spiders (Selenopidae).

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Jun 29, 2026
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Camera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Cryptinae
Tribe: Cryptini
Subtribe: Cryptina
Genus: Camera
Townes & Townes, 1962

Camera is a genus of wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. Members of the genus are parasitoids on the eggs of wall crab spiders (Selenopidae).1

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  1. Villanueva-Bonilla, German Antonio; Onody, Helena Carolina; Santos, Bernardo F.; Vasconcellos-Neto, João (2016). "First record of egg sac predation on a wall crab spider Selenopidae (Araneae) by the wasp Camera lunavenatrix sp. n. (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 49: 65–79. doi:10.3897/JHR.49.7862. Archived from the original on 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2022-11-08.