Eupelmidae
Sign in to saveEupelmidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. The larvae of the majority are primary parasitoids, commonly on beetle larvae, though many other hosts are attacked, including spiders. Details of the life history varies considerably (e.g., some attack eggs and others are hyperparasites). They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyEupelmidae
Several species of Eupelmus have been reared from fruit-infesting Tephritidae, most notably in Europe and Africa. At least two species have been reared from olive fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), and one of these, Eupelmus urozonus Dalman is thought to be exceptionally polyphagous. The biology of E. urozonus is well known. This species has received considerable attention in the olive-growing regions of southern Europe because it is sometimes the most frequently encountered parasitoid of olive fly. Eupelmus urozonus is an ectoparasite, often of late instar larvae and sometimes of pupae. It can also develop as a hyperparasitoid of other olive fly parasitoids. Female Eupelmidae are readily recognized by the enlarged tibial spur and adjacent basitarsus on the mid leg (Fig. 2) as well as the rounded mesopleuron (Figs. 1, 4). Unlike members of the family Encyrtidae, which also have a rounded mesopleuron, the species of Eupelmus have distinct (usually broad and shallow) notauli. There are always 5 tarsomeres (Fig. 3). Male Eupelmus are difficult to identify, even to family.
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- Description
- Taxonomy
- Subfamily Calosotinae
- Subfamily Eusandalinae
- Subfamily Eupelminae
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Eupelmidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. The larvae of the majority are primary parasitoids, commonly on beetle larvae, though many other hosts are attacked, including spiders. Details of the life history varies considerably (e.g., some attack eggs and others are hyperparasites). They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats.
== Description == They are somewhat variable in appearance, though a fair number of species are relatively easy to separate from other Chalcidoidea by the possession of a medially concave mesonotum. They also have the unusual tendency to arch the body strongly upwards when dead, with the head and metasoma often nearly touching above the thorax.