Laelius pedatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Bethylidae
- Genus
- Laelius
- Species
- Laelius pedatus
- Scientific Name
- Laelius pedatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Laelius pedatus
Laelius pedatus is a hymenopteran parasitoid in the family Bethylidae. It is a gregarious idiobiont larval ectoparasitoid. It is used as a biological control agent against beetle pests in the family Dermestidae.
Known hosts are:
- Anthrenus flavipes LeConte
- Anthrenus sarnicus Mroczkowski
- Anthrenus verbasci L.
- Trogoderma angustum Solier
- Trogoderma glabrum Herbst
- Trogoderma granarium Everts
Laelius pedatus in languages:
- Finnish
- huonelatiainen
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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