Baeus

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Baeus
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Three female Baeus wasps under the microscope.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scelionidae
Subfamily: Scelioninae
Genus: Baeus
Haliday, 1833

Baeus is a genus of wasps in the family Scelionidae. They are parasitoids of spider eggs. [1] They have a cosmopolitan distribution, being found on every continent but Antarctica. [2]

Species

These 95 species belong to the genus Baeus [3]

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References

  1. Marshall, S. A. (May 2023). Hymenoptera: The Natural History & Diversity of Wasps, Bees & Ants. Firefly Books. ISBN   978-0-228-10371-4.
  2. Baeus Haliday, 1833 in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-02-20.
  3. "Baeus Haliday, 1833". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 February 2024.