Mastrus ridens
Species of wasp
Mastrus ridens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Ichneumonidae |
Subfamily: | Cryptinae |
Genus: | Mastrus |
Species: | M. ridens |
Binomial name | |
Mastrus ridens Horstmann, 2009 |
Mastrus ridens is a species of ichneumon wasp. It was discovered in Kazakhstan in the 1990s, but it was not described as a distinct species from the similar M. ridibundus until 2010. This species is of interest as a potential biological control agent of the codling moth.[1]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Mastrus ridens.
- ^ "CHNEUMONIDAE: Cryptinae: Mastrus Förster, 1869". Landcare Research. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
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