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Baryscapus
Sign in to saveBaryscapus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Species in this genus are endoparasitic, meaning they develop within the body of another insect, with insect hosts being as varied as Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, or other Hymenoptera.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 563
- With media
- 2,187
- Family
- Eulophidae
- Collections
- SBMNH, NMSU, PSUC, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tetrastichinae
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- taxon name
- Baryscapus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Baryscapus
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Baryscapus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Species in this genus are endoparasitic, meaning they develop within the body of another insect, with insect hosts being as varied as Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, or other Hymenoptera.
==References== Key to Nearctic eulophid genera Universal Chalcidoidea Database
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