Acaenitus dubitator | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Genus: | Acaenitus |
Species: | A. dubitator |
Binomial name | |
Acaenitus dubitator (Panzer, 1800) | |
Acaenitus dubitator is a species of wasp in the family Ichneumonidae. It is an endoparasitoid of first to third instar Cleonis pigra beetles. [1]
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