EULOPHIDAE Westwood, 1829
(a family of chalcid wasps)

EULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Clostocerus trifasciatus
a chalcid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Enaysma
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 references
ENTEDONINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 21 trophisms 7 references
ENTIINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Astichus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
EULOPHINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 12 subtaxa 25 trophisms 7 references
Horismenus depressus
a chalcid wasp
Species 2 trophisms
Leptocybe invasa
(Blue Gum Chalcid)
Species 5 trophisms 2 references
Ophelimus maskelli
Eucalyptus Gall Wasp
Species 5 trophisms 5 references
Pleurotropis amyntes
a chalcid wasp
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
TETRASTICHINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 17 subtaxa 37 trophisms 4 references
TETRASTICINAE
a subfamily of chalcid wasps
Subfamily 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Askew, R.R. 1968 Hymenoptera 2., Chalcidoidea: Section (b) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII. Part 2(b), 39pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Key To Genera

Hackston, M. Family Eulophidae key to subfamily and genus .

EULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies, 27pp, Ecology of Butterflies in Europe
Varkonyi, G. & Roslin, T. 2013 Freezing cold yet diverse: dissecting a high-Arctic parasitoid community associated with Lepidoptera hosts Canadian Entomology Vol 145: 193-218.

Hosts

Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1957 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 3: records of Tachinidae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Eulophidae and Scelionidae (Hym.) Ent. Gazette 8: 181-189.
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1955 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.) Ent. Gazette 6: 168-174.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to EULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps):

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