Brachygaster | |
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Brachygaster minutus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Evaniidae |
Genus: | Brachygaster Leach, 1815 |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
SemaedogasterBradley, 1905 |
Brachygaster is a genus of insects belonging to the family Evaniidae. [1] [2] It was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815. [1]
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. [1]
Species include the following: [2]
William Elford Leach, MD, FRS was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
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