Platygaster rubi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Platygastridae |
Genus: | Platygaster |
Species: | P. rubi |
Binomial name | |
Platygaster rubi (Ashmead, 1893) | |
Platygaster rubi is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Platygastridae. [1] [2] [3]
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