Eupelmus
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| Eupelmus | |
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| Eupelmus antipoda | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eupelmidae |
| Genus: | Eupelmus Dalman, 1820 |
Eupelmus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eupelmidae.[1] Species are parasitic, being either parasitoids attacking a wide variety of insects, or phytophagous with larvae feeding on different species of plants.[2]
The genus has more than 330 species and a cosmopolitan distribution.[1][3]
Species include:[1]
- Eupelmus achreiodes Perkins, 1910
- Eupelmus acinellus Askew, 2009
- Eupelmus antipoda Ashmead, 1900
- Eupelmus niger Ashmead, 1901 - known parasitoid of Hylaeus anthracinus[4]
- Eupelmus nihoaensis Timberlake, 1926
- Eupelmus orientalis (Crawford, 1913)
- Eupelmus vuilleti (Crawford, 1913)