Embolemidae

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Superfamily:Chrysidoidea
Embolemidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Recent
Embolemus nearcticus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chrysidoidea
Family: Embolemidae
Förster, 1856
Genera

Embolemidae is a family of small solitary parasitoid wasps with around 70 species in 2 genera distributed around the world.[1] The few species whose biology is known are parasites on planthopper nymphs of the families Achilidae and Cixiidae.[2] There is debate regarding the status of the genus named Ampulicomorpha by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of Embolemus (e.g.,[1]), though some authorities dispute this (e.g.,[2])

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