Laelius pedatus

Laelius pedatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Bethylidae
Genus:	Laelius
Species:	L. pedatus
Binomial name
	Laelius pedatus; (Say, 1836)
Synonyms
	Ashmead, 1887; Ashmead, 1893; Say, 1836; Kieffer, 1908; Kieffer, 1914; Brues, 1910; Ashmead, 1893; Ashmead, 1893; Ashmead, 1893; Rosmann & Azevedo, 2005;

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Known hosts are:

Anthrenus flavipes LeConte
Anthrenus sarnicus Mroczkowski
Anthrenus verbasci L.
Solier
Trogoderma glabrum Herbst
Trogoderma granarium Everts

References[]

^ Mertins, J.W. (1980). "Life history and behavior of Laelius pedatus, a gregarious bethylid ectoparasitoid of Anthrenus verbasci". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 73: 686–693.
^ Amante, Marco; Schöller, Matthias; Suma, Pompeo; Russo, Agatino (2017). "Bethylids attacking stored‐product pests: an overview". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 163 (3): 251–264.
^ Barbosa, D.N.; Azevedo, C.O. (2014). "Revision of the Neotropical Laelius (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) with notes on some Nearctic species". Zoologia. 31 (3): 285–311.

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[1] Mertins, J.W. (1980). "Life history and behavior of Laelius pedatus, a gregarious bethylid ectoparasitoid of Anthrenus verbasci". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 73: 686–693.

[2] Amante, Marco; Schöller, Matthias; Suma, Pompeo; Russo, Agatino (2017). "Bethylids attacking stored‐product pests: an overview". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 163 (3): 251–264.

[3] Barbosa, D.N.; Azevedo, C.O. (2014). "Revision of the Neotropical Laelius (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) with notes on some Nearctic species". Zoologia. 31 (3): 285–311.

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