Elasmosoma

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Braconidae
Subfamilia: Neoneurinae
Genus: Elasmosoma
Species: E. bakeri – E. berolinense – E. calcaratum – E. depressum – E. luxemburgense – E. michaeli – E. obscuripennis – E. pallidipennis – E. pergandei – E. petulans – E. schwarzi – E. taiwanense – E. trichopygidium – E. vigilans
References

Achterberg, C., van; Koponen, M. 2003: Phaenocarpa ungulosetosa spec. nov. from Finland and Elasmosoma depressum spec. nov. from Estonia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae: Alysiini, Euphorinae: Neoneurini). Zoologische mededelingen, 77: 291–299. ISSN: 0024-0672
Belokobylskij, S.A. 2000: New species of the subfamily Euphorinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from east Palaearctic. Part II. Far Eastern entomologist, (88): 29–60. ISSN: 1026-051X
Chou, L-y. 1985: A new species of Neoneurinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Taiwan. Journal of agricultural research of China, 34(4): 477–480. PDF ISSN: 0376- 477X
Huddleston, T. 1976: A revision of Elasmosoma Ruthe (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with two new species from Mongolia. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 68: 215–225. ISSN: 0521-4726 [not seen]
Poinar, G., jr. 2004: Behaviour and development of Elasmosoma sp. (Neoneurinae: Braconidae: Hymenoptera), an endoparasite of Formica ants (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Parasitology, 128: 521–531. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004004809
Shaw, S.R. 2007: A new species of Elasmosoma Ruthe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Neoneurinae) from the northwestern United States associated with the western thatching ants, Formica obscuripes Forel and Formica obscuriventris clivia Creighton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 109: 1–8. ISSN: 0013-8797 [not seen]

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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Elasmosoma ovipositing in ants
Elasmosoma luxemburgense captured in slow motion ovipositing in ants
Record of Elasmosoma ovipositing in ants

Elasmosoma is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in the Northern Hemisphere.[1]
Selected species

Elasmosoma bakeri Ashmead, 1895
Elasmosoma berolinense Ruthe, 1858
Elasmosoma calcaratum Tobias, 1986
Elasmosoma depressum van Achterberg & Koponen, 2003
Elasmosoma luxemburgense Wasmann, 1909
Elasmosoma michaeli Shaw, 2007
Elasmosoma obscuripennis (He, Chen & van Achterberg, 1997)
Elasmosoma pallidipennis (He, Chen & van Achterberg, 1997)
Elasmosoma pergandei Ashmead, 1895
Elasmosoma petulans Muesebeck 1941
Elasmosoma schwarzi Ashmead, 1895
Elasmosoma taiwanense Chou, 1985
Elasmosoma trichopygidium Belokobylskij, 2000
Elasmosoma vigilans Cockerell, 1909

References

"Elasmosoma Ruthe, 1858". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.