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Euplectrus
Genus
Euplectrus
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
Eulophidae
Subfamily
Eulophinae
Tribe
Eulophini
Genus
Euplectrus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus needs revision
Explanation of Names
Euplectrus
Westwood 1832
Numbers
15 spp. in our area, ~150 worldwide
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1
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Food
They are ectoparasitoids of Lepidoptera caterpillars.
Life Cycle
larvae -- pupae -- adult
Remarks
Used to control lepidopteran pests (
Gates & Schauff 2001
)
Print References
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2
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Internet References
Genus page
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3
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Works Cited
1.
Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.
Integrative taxonomy of New World Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with focus on 55 new species from Area de...
Hansson, C., M.A. Smith, D.H. Janzen, and W. Hallwachs. Zookeys. 2015; (485): 1–236. .
3.
Burks R.A. Key to the nearctic genera of Eulophidae, subfamilies: Entedoninae, Euderinae and Eulophinae (Hym.: Chalcidoidea)
Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 22 April, 2007 - 2:04pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Bbarnd
,
v belov
Last updated 22 January, 2016 - 11:18pm