Laelius pedatus

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 nubilipennisAshmead, 1887 Bethylus constrictusAshmead, 1893 Bethylus pedatusSay, 1836 Laelius ashmeadiKieffer, 1908 Laelius foersteriKieffer, 1914 Laelius fumipennisBrues, 1910 Laelius nigripilosusAshmead, 1893 Laelius rufipesAshmead, 1893 Laelius tricarinatusAshmead, 1893 Rhabdepyris areolatusRosmann & Azevedo, 2005

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]}

Known hosts are:

• Anthrenus flavipes LeConte
• Anthrenus sarnicus Mroczkowski
• Anthrenus verbasci L.
• Trogoderma angustum Solier
• Trogoderma glabrum Herbst
• Trogoderma granarium Everts

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 (6): 686–693. doi:10.1093/aesa/73.6.686.
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. doi: 10.1111/eea.12587 . S2CID   90311309.
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. doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702014000300012 . S2CID   84480677.