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Mastrus ridens
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M. ridens
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Mastrus ridens
Horstmann, 2009

Mastrus ridens is a species of ichneumon wasp. It was discovered in Kazakhstan in the 1990s, but it was not described as a distinct species from the similar M. ridibundus until 2010. This species is of interest as a potential biological control agent of the codling moth.[1]

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  1. ^ "CHNEUMONIDAE: Cryptinae: Mastrus Förster, 1869". Landcare Research. Retrieved 13 August 2016.