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Pediobius
Sign in to savePediobius is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the chalcid wasp family Eulophidae. Like their relatives, the larvae of these diminutive wasps are parasitoids of various arthropods (mainly insects). Some Pediobius are used in biological pest control.
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Vinony files it under Eulophidae, Hymenoptera genera and Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist).
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 426
- With media
- 324
- Family
- Eulophidae
- Collections
- USNM, ABS, EMEC, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), SAM
- Recorded in
- Israel, United States, Canada, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Entedoninae
- Image
- Pediobius.metallicus.-.lindsey.jpg
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- genus
- Commons category
- Pediobius
- taxon name
- Pediobius
- topic's main category
- Category:Pediobius
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Pediobius is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the chalcid wasp family Eulophidae. Like their relatives, the larvae of these diminutive wasps are parasitoids of various arthropods (mainly insects). Some Pediobius are used in biological pest control.
There are over 200 species in the genus Pedobius and these include: Pediobius eubius (Walker, 1839) Pediobius foveolatus Crawford, 1912 Pediobius imbreus (Walker, 1846) Pediobius lysis (Walker, 1839) Pediobius metallicus (Nees, 1834) Pediobius parvulus (Ferrière, 1933)
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