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Eupelminae

Eupelmine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

  Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859
  Arachnophaga Ashmead, 1896
  Brasema Cameron, 1884
  Cervicosus Gibson, 1995
  Enigmapelma Gibson, 1995

Eupelmus Dalman,1820

  Macreupelmus Ashmead, 1896
  Merostenus Walker, 1837
  Mesocomys Cameron, 1905
  Reikosiella Yoshimoto, 1969
  Tineobius Ashmead, 1896
  Zaischnopsis Ashmead, 1904
Distribution Worldwide
Biology Primary or hyper parasitoids of insect and spider eggs and larvae.

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

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