Superfamily Chalcidoidea Subfamily Elasminae Rank Genus | Suborder Apocrita Family Eulophidae Scientific name Elasmus Order Hymenopterans | |
Similar Hymenopterans, Eulophidae, Insect, Chalcid wasp, Cirrospilus | ||
The genus Elasmus is the only member of the hymenopteran subfamily Elasminae (formerly classified as a separate family, Elasmidae), and contains over 200 species worldwide. They are mostly parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae, though several species are parasitoids of Polistes paper wasp larvae.
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