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A Baryscapus species in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/10/2020). Verified by Jeong Yoo/BugGuide.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Baryscapus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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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| Species | |
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- Key to Nearctic eulophid genera Archived 2016-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Universal Chalcidoidea Database Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine