Brachygaster
Genus of wasps
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Brachygaster is a genus of insects belonging to the family Evaniidae.[1] It was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815.[1]
| 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] | |
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Semaedogaster Bradley, 1905 | |
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Species
Species include the following:
- Brachygaster aethiopicus Magretti, 1908 - Ethiopia[2]
- Brachygaster bidentata Kieffer, 1911 - Afrotropical[2][3]
- Brachygaster bleusei Pic, 1923
- Brachygaster conjugens Enderlein, 1909
- Brachygaster globiceps Benoit, 1953 - Democratic Republic of the Congo[2]
- Brachygaster minutus (Olivier, 1792) - Western Palearctic[4]
- Brachygaster murrayorum Elliott, 2005
- Brachygaster notauliferus Benoit, 1953 - Democratic Republic of the Congo[2]
- Brachygaster tschekylli Madl, 1989
