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2 unusual facts about ''Copidosoma floridanum''


Chalcid wasp

Copidosoma floridanum serves as a useful example of a wasp that provides pest control, and most recently, the wasp's genome is being sequenced by the Human Genome Sequencing Center as part of the i5K project, which aims to sequence the genomes of 5,000 arthropods.

Cosmopolitan distribution

Copidosoma floridanum serves as another example of a cosmopolitan wasp species, also distributed around the world.



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