Baryscapus sp. Förster, 1856
Baryscapus sp.: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/20546
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This genus needs revision; adults are not identifiable to species. (BugGuide)

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Baryscapus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Tetrastichinae
Genus: Baryscapus
Förster, 1856
Type species
Baryscapus racemariae
(Ashmead, 1886)
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113 species

Baryscapus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Species in this genus are endoparasitic, meaning they develop within the body of another insect, with insect hosts being as varied as Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, or other Hymenoptera.[1]

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  1. ^ Askew, R.R.; Shaw, M.R.; Askew, R.R; Shaw, M.R (2005-01-01). "Observations on the biology of Baryscapus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) with description of a new koinobiont hyperparasitoid with delayed development" (PDF). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 69 (1/2): 11–15. Retrieved 2024-11-17.