Eulophidae
| Eulophidae Temporal range:
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| Colpoclypeus florus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Eulophidae Westwood 1829
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| Subfamilies | |
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Elasminae Entedoninae Entiinae Eulophinae Opheliminae Tetrastichinae | |
| Diversity | |
| Five subfamilies about 300 genera about 4300 species | |
The Eulophidae is a large family of
thrips. Eulophids are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats (one is even aquatic, parasitising water-penny beetles
).
Eulophids are separable from most other
Chalcidoidea by the possession of only four tarsomeres
on each leg, a small, straight protibial spur (as opposed to the larger, curved one in most other chalcidoids), and by antennae with two to four funicle segments and at most 10 antennomeres.
See also
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Eulophidae.
- Neotropical Eulophidae
- Key to Nearctic eulophid genera Archived 2016-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Family Eulophidae description
- Fauna Europaea
- Nomina Insecta Nearctica
- Ponent Spanish. Images.
- Universal Chalcidoidea Database on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures web site