Laelius pedatus

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]

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
  • Ateleopterus nubilipennis Ashmead, 1887
  • Bethylus constrictus Ashmead, 1893
  • Bethylus pedatus Say, 1836
  • Laelius ashmeadi Kieffer, 1908
  • Laelius foersteri Kieffer, 1914
  • Laelius fumipennis Brues, 1910
  • Laelius nigripilosus Ashmead, 1893
  • Laelius rufipes Ashmead, 1893
  • Laelius tricarinatus Ashmead, 1893
  • Rhabdepyris areolatus Rosmann & Azevedo, 2005

Known hosts are:

References
  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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