Eupelmus Dalman, 1820
(a genus of chalcid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Eupelmus urozonus
a chalcid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Eupelmus vesicularis
a eupelmid chalcid wasp
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusEupelmus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyEUPELMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyEUPELMIDAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Askew, R.R. & Nieves-Aldrey, J.L. 2004 Further observations on Eupelminae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eupelmidae) in the Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands, including descriptions of new species Graellsia Vol 60 (1): 27-39.
Fusu, L. 2017 An integrative taxonomic study of European Eupelmus (Macroneura) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a molecular and cytogenetic analysis of Eupelmus (Macroneura) vesicularis: several species hiding under one name for 240 years Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 181: 519-603.
Gibson, G.A.P. & Fusu, L. 2016 Revision of the Palaearctic species of Eupelmus (Eupelmus) Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) Zootaxa Vol 4081 (1): 1-331.

Eupelmus (a genus 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 Eupelmus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 36 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eupelmus (a genus of chalcid wasps)

The brachypterous (stump-winged) females jump actively (and very quickly!) by flexing the entire body, pushing off against the pegs on the mid basitarsi and tips of mid tibiae.

The usual killing methods cause this muscle to contract strongly so female specimens become characteristically distorted. They should be killed using either cyanide (eg chopped laurel leaves) or by chilling followed by freezing.

The iridescence of the mesoscutum is crucial to identifing the newly-distinguished E. vesicularis group and this is difficult to see in distorted specimens.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Fusu, L., 2017An integrative taxonomic study of European Eupelmus (Macroneura) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a molecular and cytogenetic analysis of Eupelmus (Macroneura) vesicularis: several species hiding under one name for 240 yearsZoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 181: 519-603.
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