Biology:Laelius utilis
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Short description: Species of insect
| Laelius utilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Laelius |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/LaeliusL. utilis
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| Template:Taxonomy/LaeliusLaelius utilis Cockerell, 1920
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Laelius utilis is a hymenopteran parasitoid in the family Bethylidae. It is a gregarious idiobiont larval ectoparasitoid of the larger cabinet beetle, Trogoderma inclusum, a small beetle in the family Dermestidae. It has been reported from the USA (District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Virginia) and Canada (Ontario).[1]
Laelius utilis and Laelius centratus look very similar. However, the three central propodeal carinae are complete in L. centratus but only the median carina is complete in L. utilis.[2]
References
- ↑ Krombein, Karl V. (1979). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 1211–1212. https://archive.org/details/catalogofhymenop02krom/page/1212/mode/2up.
- ↑ Muesebeck, Carl F. W. (1939). "The North American species of the genus Laelius Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 52: 171–175. https://ia801301.us.archive.org/23/items/biostor-82947/biostor-82947.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q14584823 entry
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