Laelius pedatus

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Hymenoptera

Family:Bethylidae

Laelius pedatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Bethylidae
Genus:	Laelius
Species:	L. pedatus
Binomial name
Laelius pedatus (Say, 1836)
Synonyms
Ateleopterus nubilipennis Ashmead, 1887 Bethylus constrictus Ashmead, 1893 Bethylus pedatus Say, 1836 Laelius ashmeadi Kieffer, 1908 Laelius foersteri Kieffer, 1914 Laelius fumipennis Brues, 1910 Laelius nigripilosus Ashmead, 1893 Laelius rufipes Ashmead, 1893 Laelius tricarinatus Ashmead, 1893 Rhabdepyris areolatus Rosmann & Azevedo, 2005

Laelius pedatus is a hymenopteran parasitoid in the family Bethylidae. It is a gregarious idiobiont larval ectoparasitoid. It is used as a biological control agent against beetle pests in the family Dermestidae.^[1][2][3]

Known hosts are:

• Anthrenus flavipes LeConte
• Anthrenus sarnicus Mroczkowski
• Anthrenus verbasci L.
• Trogoderma angustum Solier
• Trogoderma glabrum Herbst
• Trogoderma granarium Everts