Eulophus Geoffroy, 1762
(tombstone wasps)

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Eulophus ramicornis
Early Tombstone Wasp
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusEulophus (tombstone wasps)
SubfamilyEULOPHINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
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)

Eulophus (tombstone wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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Small chalcid wasps whose males have strangely branched antennae.

The larvae are communal parasites of moth caterpillars. The mature larvae emerge and pupate on the surrounding leaf surface, on their backs, heads inwards, so the pupae form a circle around the dead host (hence "tombstone" wasps).

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