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Genus Eupelmus

Tiny metallic red wasp(?) - Eupelmus cynipidis

Potential Eupelmus in Saskatoon - Eupelmus

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

Works Cited

1.	Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Contributed by tom murray on 27 September, 2008 - 10:56pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 4 April, 2022 - 6:44pm

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