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Genus Eupelmus

Eupelmid ex Diplolepis - Eupelmus dryohizoxeni - female Wasp - Eupelmus epicaste small wasp - Eupelmus cushmani - female Wasp - Eupelmus vesicularis - Eupelmus messene Eupelmidae, probably ex Apioninae  - Eupelmus messene Chalcid wasp - Eupelmus - female Eupelmidae, ex Lasioptera lorrainae, 2 of many - Eupelmus - female parisitoid of Mompha galling Chamaenerion angustifollum - Eupelmus - 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
Subfamily Eupelminae
Genus Eupelmus
Explanation of Names
Eupelmus Dalman 1820
Numbers
close to 50 spp. in our area, >300 spp. worldwide(1)
Food
Most species are primary or secondary larval/pupal parasitoids of insects in concealed locations. [comment by Gary Gibson]
Print References
Gibson, Gary. 2011. The species of Eupelmus (Eupelmus) Dalman and Eupelmus (Episolindelia) Girault (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) in North America north of Mexico. Zootaxa 2951: 1–97. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2951.1.1