
	Description
	Aritranis director is native to Europe and is considered invasive in North America. It was introduced into Quebec in 1938 and it spread rapidly. By 1962, it had been collected as far west as west-central Nebraska.

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	Taxonomy
	Order	Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
	Suborder	Apocrita (narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
	Superfamily	Ichneumonoidea (ichneumonid and braconid wasps)
	Family	Ichneumonidae (ichneumonid wasps)
	Subfamily	Cryptinae
	Tribe	Cryptini
	Subtribe	Agrothereutina
	Genus	Aleiodes (common mummy wasps)

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	This species has no common name. The common name of the family Ichneumonidae is iIchneumon wasps, and it is applied here for convenience.


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	A parasitic wasp




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Alfredo Colon 5/30 to 6/1/2021	Location: Woodbury, MN


Alfredo Colon 8/16/2018	Location: Woodbury, Minnesota



Matthew Kluck 8/18/2018	Location: Mankato, Minnesota saw flying in my apartment, killed it



Alfredo Colon 6/6/2018	Location: Woodbury, MN



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