Laelius pedatus (Say, 1836)
(a bethylid wasp)

Interactions where Laelius pedatus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is parasitoid of larva DERMESTIDAE carpet, museum and larder beetles Coleoptera Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae), Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Bethylidae/Laelius pedatus/Laelius pedatusa bethylid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Dermestidae/Dermestidaecarpet, museum and larder beetleslarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T., 2014Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae)European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 99: 1-20.

Laelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Laelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLaelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp)
GenusLaelius (a genus of bethylid wasps)
SubfamilyEPYRINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyBETHYLIDAE (bethylid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHRYSIDOIDEA (a superfamily of solitary wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Laelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Notton, D. G. 2016 IPM News: The parasitic wasp Laelius pedatus, a parasitoid of museum beetles, is now established at the Natural History Museum, London IPM News Issue 4: 1-3.
Notton, D.G., Popovici, O.A., van Achterberg, C., de Rond, J. & Burn, J.T. 2014 Parasitoid wasps new to Britain (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Eurytomidae, Braconidae & Bethylidae) European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 99: 1-20.

Laelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Laelius pedatus (a bethylid wasp):

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