Parasitoid wasp

Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts. Different species specialise in hosts from different insect orders, most often Lepidoptera, though some select beetles, flies, or bugs; the spider wasps (Pompilidae) exclusively attack spiders.

Elasmus est un genre d'hyménoptères de la famille des Eulophidae qui comprend environ 200 espèces. Taxonomie Avant les études moléculaires publiées en 2000 de Gauthier et al. , ce genre constituait la famille monotypique des Elasmidae.

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