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Dicladocerus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Eulophidae |
Subfamily: | Eulophinae |
Genus: | Dicladocerus Westwood, 1832 |
Type species | |
Dicladocerus westwoodii Westwood, 1832 [1] | |
Species | |
25 species |
Dicladocerus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. [2]
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Closterocerus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
Colpoclypeus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
Derostenus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
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