| 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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