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Elasmus
Sign in to saveThe 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. Some authorities now place Elasmus in the subfamily Eulophinae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyEulophidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 622
- With media
- 96
- Family
- Eulophidae
- Collections
- UAM, USNM, EMEC, UCSB, OMNH, NMV
- Recorded in
- Thailand, India, United States, [Not Stated], Australia
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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. Some authorities now place Elasmus in the subfamily Eulophinae.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elasmus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.