Elasmus
| Elasmus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Subfamily: | Elasminae |
| Genus: | Elasmus Westwood, 1833 |
| Species | |
|
>210 species | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, April 17, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.