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Leptopilina
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. heterotoma during oviposition contains virus-like particles that delay host larval development and suppress the host cellular immune response. There is no evidence that these virus-like particles are the products of viral DNA as described in other parasitoid...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Leptopilina heterotoma
speciesLeptopilina heterotoma
Leptopilina japonica
speciesLeptopilina japonica
Leptopilina boulardi
speciesLeptopilina boulardi
Leptopilina tokioensis
speciesLeptopilina tokioensis
Leptopilina tsushimaensis
speciesLeptopilina tsushimaensis
Leptopilina thetus
speciesLeptopilina thetus
Leptopilina victoriae
speciesLeptopilina victoriae
Leptopilina fimbriata
speciesLeptopilina fimbriata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 376848.