| Leucospis gigas | |
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| Leucospis gigas photographed in Vallée d'Eyne in Pyrénées-Orientales, France | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Leucospidae |
| Genus: | Leucospis |
| Species: | L. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucospis gigas Fabricius, 1793 | |
Leucospis gigas is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Leucospidae. [1] [2]
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