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Elasmus
The genus Elasmus is the only member of the hymenopteran subfamily Elasminae (formerly classified as a separate family, Elasmidae), and contains over 200 species worldwide. They are mostly parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae, though several species are parasitoids of Polistes paper wasp larvae. Some authorities now place Elasmus in the subfamily Eulophinae.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Elasmus margiscutellum
speciesElasmus margiscutellum
Elasmus polistis
speciesElasmus polistis
Elasmus schmitti
speciesElasmus schmitti
Elasmus unicolor
speciesElasmus unicolor
Elasmus zehntneri
speciesElasmus zehntneri
Elasmus pollistis
speciesElasmus pollistis
Elasmus setosiscutellatus
speciesElasmus setosiscutellatus
Elasmus tischeriae
speciesElasmus tischeriae
Elasmus atratus
speciesElasmus atratus
Elasmus mexicanus
speciesElasmus mexicanus
Elasmus cyaneilla
speciesElasmus cyaneilla
Elasmus minnehaha
speciesElasmus minnehaha
Elasmus lividus
speciesElasmus lividus
Elasmus capensis
speciesElasmus capensis
Elasmus ferrierei
speciesElasmus ferrierei
Elasmus masii
speciesElasmus masii
Elasmus ciopkaloi
speciesElasmus ciopkaloi
Elasmus maculatus
speciesElasmus maculatus
Elasmus nigripes
speciesElasmus nigripes
Elasmus nuda
speciesElasmus nuda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250143.