Apanteles

Apanteles is a very large genus of braconid wasps, containing more than 600 described species found worldwide. There are no native species in New Zealand, and none have been recorded in the high arctic.[1][2][3]

Apanteles
Apanteles melanoscelus

A, adult, female; B-D, egg; E-I, larva; J-L, larval mandible

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Microgastrinae
Genus: Apanteles
Förster, 1862
Diversity
at least 1200 species

See also

References

  1. Fernandez-Triana, Jose; Shaw, Mark R.; Boudreault, Caroline; Beaudin, Melanie; et al. (2020). "Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)". ZooKeys. 920. doi:10.3897/zookeys.920.39128.
  2. "Apanteles". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. "Apanteles genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-03-25.

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