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Family Eupelmidae

Very small wasp on Tilia/Basswood - Anastatus - female Parasitica, thorax & tarsi - Brasema - female Wasp - Arachnophaga ferruginea - female Chalcid wasp - Eupelmid - Anastatus - female eupelmid - Anastatus - female Hymenoptera - Anastatus Eupelmid - Arachnophaga - female Uropelma formosum #2!  - Uropelma formosum - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eupelmidae
Explanation of Names
Eupelmidae Walker 1833
Numbers
3 subfamilies, with >120 spp. in 17 genera in our area and >900 spp. in 45 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Elongated metallic-colored body with a flat mesonotum, wings with a long marginal vein, some blotched. A long and stout mid-tibial spur, and the fore and hind-coxae widely separated.
Some are wingless or have very short wings.
Range
Worldwide
Food
Parasites on a wide range of species of different orders (Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Orthoptera); some are secondary parasites(1)(2)
Life Cycle
wide range of hosts; some spp. parasitize members of several orders. A few are parasites of spiders.
Remarks
Some jump using their ability to bend the head and abdomen over the thorax (somewhat as click beetles), the position they often assume after they die(2)