Leptopilina heterotoma

Leptopilina heterotoma

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Figitidae

Leptopilina is a genus of parasitoid wasp in the family Figitidae. The genus is best known for the three Drosophila parasitoids Leptopilina boulardi, Leptopilina heterotoma and Leptopilina clavipes, used to study host-parasite immune interactions. The venom released by L.

Distribution

Leptopilina heterotoma — (c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Germany · 3United Kingdom · 2Netherlands · 1

Sources and credits

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Leptopilina heterotoma

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