Apanteles
Apanteles | |
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Apanteles melanoscelus
A, adult, female; B-D, egg; E-I, larva; J-L, larval mandible |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Subfamily: | Microgastrinae |
Genus: |
Apanteles Förster, 1862 |
Diversity | |
at least 1200 species |
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.