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Eulophinae

Eulophine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eulophidae)

Classification

 

Alibertia Risbec,1951

 

Cirrospilus Westwood,1832

 

Diglyphus Walker, 1844

 

Dimmockia Ashmead,1904  

 

Elachertus Spinola,1811

 

Elasmus Westwood,1833

 

Eulophomorpha Dodd,1915

 

Eulophus Geoffroy,1762

 

Euplectromorpha Girault,1913

 

Euplectrus Westwood,1832

 

Hakuna Gumovsky & Boucek, 2006

 

Hemiptarsenus Westwood,1833

 

Janicharis Gumovsky & Delvare, 2006

 

Meruana Delucchi,1962

 

Microlycus Thomson,1878

 

Notanisomorphella Girault,1913  

 

Perinetia Risbec,1952

 

Platyplectrus Ferrière,1941  

 

Semielacher Boucek,1988

 

Seyrigina Risbec,1952

 

Stenomesius Westwood,1833  

Sympiesis Förster,1856

 

Trichospilus Ferrière,1930

Distribution Worldwide.
Biology Solitary or gregarious exoparasitoids of dipteran, lepidopteran, coleopteran, hymenopteran or hemipteran larvae or rarely pupae; a few species are phytophagous.

References

Gibson A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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