Apanteles

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Apanteles
Apanteles melanoscelus

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

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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.[1][2][3]

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  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): 1–1089. doi:10.3897/zookeys.920.39128. PMC 7197271. PMID 32390740.
  2. ^ "Apanteles". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. ^ "Apanteles genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-03-25.

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