genus

Eupelmus

Eupelmus

Field notes

Eupelmus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eupelmidae. Species are parasitic, being either parasitoids attacking a wide variety of insects, or phytophagous with larvae feeding on different species of plants.

The genus has more than 330 species and a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species include:

Eupelmus achreiodes Perkins, 1910

Eupelmus acinellus Askew, 2009

Eupelmus antipoda Ashmead, 1900

Eupelmus niger Ashmead, 1901 - known parasitoid of Hylaeus anthracinus

Eupelmus nihoaensis Timberlake, 1926

Eupelmus orientalis (Crawford, 1913)

Eupelmus vuilleti (Crawford, 1913)

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided