EULOPHIDAE Westwood, 1829
(a family of chalcid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Enaysma
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
ENTEDONINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 7 ident. refs
EULOPHINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 8 subtaxa 12 images 6 ident. refs
Leptocybe invasa
(Blue Gum Chalcid)
Species 2 ident. refs
Ophelimus maskelli
Eucalyptus Gall Wasp
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 		Species 1 images 4 ident. refs
Pleurotropis amyntes
a chalcid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
TETRASTICHINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
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 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 2 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 101 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for EULOPHIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
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