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Eulophidae

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Chalcidoidea

Phylum
  
Rank
  
Family

Suborder
  
Apocrita

Scientific name
  
Eulophidae

Higher classification
  
Chalcid wasp

Order
  
Hymenopterans

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Lower classifications
  
Tetrastichus, Aprostocetus, Pediobius, Chrysocharis, Elasmus

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The Eulophidae are a large family of hymenopteran insects, with over 4,300 described species in some 300 genera. The family includes the genus Elasmus, which used to be treated as a separate family, "Elasmidae", and is now treated as a subfamily of Eulophidae. These minute insects are challenging to study, as they deteriorate rapidly after death unless extreme care is taken (e.g., preservation in ethanol), making identification of most museum specimens difficult. The larvae of a very few species feed on plants, but the majority are primary parasitoids on a huge range of arthropods at all stages of development. They are exceptional in that they are one of two hymenopteran families with some species that are known to parasitize Thysanoptera. Eulophids are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats (one is even aquatic, parasitising psephenid beetles).

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Eulophids are separable from most other Chalcidoidea by the possession of only four tarsomeres on each leg, a small, straight protibial spur (as opposed to the larger, curved one in most other chalcidoids), and by antennae with two to four funicle segments and at most 10 antennomeres.

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References

Eulophidae Wikipedia


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