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Euplectrus
Sign in to saveEuplectrus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 461
- With media
- 68
- Family
- Eulophidae
- Collections
- UAM, INHS, UCSB, NMSU, USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, India, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Eulophidae
- Image
- Euplectrus sp. - lifecycle B - 08 - black pupae on a Noctuidae caterpillar (2010-05-09).jpg
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- taxon name
- Euplectrus
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- genus
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- Category:Euplectrus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Euplectrus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae.
Euplectrus is a cosmopolitan genus and are easily distinguished from other members of the subfamily Eulophinae by three characteristics i.e. the hind tibial spurs are very long and strong with the longest spur being no less than half as long as hind tarsus and is used to anchor the female wasp to the dorsum of the host caterpillar during oviposition; the scutellum has no lateral grooves or pit-rows; and propodeum has a single strong median carina. It is a morphologically conservative genus and the species vary slightly from one another and this creates difficulties in identifying the species.
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