Eulophidae

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: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Eulophidae
Subfamiliae (4): Entedoninae - Entiinae - Eulophinae - Tetrastichinae

Check: Ceranisinae

Tribus incertae sedis (3): Anselmellini - Ophelimini - Platytetracampini
Overview of genera (330)

Acanthala – Aceratoneura – Aceratoneuromyia – Achrysocharoides – Acrias – Afrotroppopsis – Agmostigma – Aleuroctonus – Alibertia – Allocerastichus – Alophomorphella – Alophomyia – Alveoplectrus – Ambocybe – Ametallon – Anaprostocetus – Anselmella – Anumanniola – Aoridus – Apleurotropis – Apotetrastichus – Aprostocetus – Aprostoporoides – Apterastichus – Arabiola – Arachnolophus – Arachnoobius – Aranobroter – Aroplectrus – Ascotolinx – Asecodes – Astichomyiia – Astichus – Aulogymnus – Austeulophus – Australsecodes – Awara – Baeoentedon – Baryscapus – Bellerus – Benoitius – Beornia – Borneoastichus – Boucekastichus – Boucekelimus – Boucekiola – Bridarolliella – Cabeza – Careostrix – Carlyleia – Ceranisus – Ceratoneura – Ceratoneuronella – Ceratoneuropsis – Chaenotetrastichus – Chouioia – Chrysocharis – Chrysocharodes – Chrysonotomyia – Chytrolestes – Cirrospiloidelleus – Cirrospilopsis – Cirrospilus – Citrostichus – Closterocerus – Clotildiella – Clypecharis – Clypomphale – Cobarus – Colpixys – Colpoclypeus – Comastichus – Cornugon – Crataepus – Cristelacher – Cryptastichus – Cucarastichus – Dahlbominus – Dapsilothrix – Dasyeulophus – Dasyomphale – Davincia – Dentalion – Dermatopelte – Derostenoides – Derostenus – Deutereulophus – Diaulinopsis – Diaulomorpha – Dichatomus – Dicladocerus – Diglyphomorpha – Diglyphomorphomyia – Diglyphus – Dimmockia – Dineulophus – Dinopteridion – Driopteron – Dubeyiella – Dzhanokmenia – Elachertomorpha – Elachertus – Elasmus – Emersonella – Encyrtomphale – Enneastichus – Entedon – Entedonomphale – Entedononecremnus – Epichrysoatomus – Epichrysocharis – Epomphale – Eprhopalotus – Eriastichus – Euceratoneura – Euderomphale – Euderus – Eulophinusia – Eulophomorpha – Eulophomyia – Eulophoscotolinx – Eulophus – Euplectromorpha – Euplectrophelinus – Euplectrus – Eupronotius – Eurycephaloplectrus – Exalarius – Exastichus – Farooqiella – Galeopsomyia – Gallastichus – Gallowayia – Gasterichus – Gattonia – Gautamiella – Gaziantepus – Ginsiella – Goetheana – Goethella – Grassator – Grotiusomyia – Guelsenia – Gyrolasomyia – Hadranellus – Hadrotrichodes – Hakuna – Hamonia – Hayatiola – Hemiptarsenus – Henryana – Holarcticesa – Holcotetrastichus – Hoplocrepis – Horismenoides – Horismenus – Hubbardiella – Hyssopus – Idukkiella – Iniostichus – Inti – Ionympha – Itahipeus – Janicharis – Kiggaella – Klyngon – Kocaagizus – Kocourekia – Kokandia – Kolopterna – Kostjukovius – Kostjurixia – Lasalleola – Leprosa – Leptocybe – Lisseurytomella – Makarora – Megaceratoneura – Melittobia – Melittobiopsis – Meruacesa – Mesofrons – Mestocharella – Mestocharis – Metaplectrus – Microdonophagus – Microlycus – Minotetrastichus – Miotropis – Mischotetrastichus – Mohaniella – Monteithius – Monterrondo – Moona – Myrmobomyia – Myrmokata – Narendrania – Naumanniola – Necremnoides – Necremnus – Neoaceratoneura – Neochrysocharis – Neogasterichus – Neohyperteles – Neomestocharella – Neopediobopsis – Neopomphale – Neotrichoporoides – Nesolynx – Nesympiesis – Notanisomorphella – Noyesius – Obesulus – Ogmoelachertus – Omphale – Omphalentedon – Oncastichus – Oomyzus – Opeuderus – Ophelimus – Oradis – Oxycantha – Oxypracetus – Palmistichus – Paphagus – Parachrysocharis – Paracrias – Paragaleopsomyia – Parahorismenus – Paraolinx – Parasecodella – Parasecodes – Paraspalangia – Paratetrastichus – Pareulophites – Parzaommomyia – Pasohstichus – Pauahiana – Peckelachertus – Pediobius – Pediobomyia – Pediobopsis – Pediocharis – Pelorotelus – Pentastichodes – Pentastichus – Perditorulus – Perinetia – Perthiola – Petalidion – Petiolacus – Phymastichus – Piekna – Planotetrastichus – Platocharis – Platyplectrus – Platytetracampe – Pleurotropopseus – Pleurotroppopsis – Pnigalio – Pomphale – Pracetus – Proacrias – Pronotalia – Propodeochertus – Pseudiglyphus – Pseudosecodes – Puklina – Quadrastichodella – Quadrastichus – Renaniana – Rhicnopelte – Rhynchentedon – Ryhonos – Sanyangia – Sarasvatia – Schizocharis – Selitrichodes – Semielacher – Sergueicus – Setelacher – Seyrigina – Shardiella – Sifraneurus – Sigmoepilachna – Sigmophora – Skoka – Sphenolepis – Sporrongia – Stenomesius – Stenopetius – Stepanovia – Stipecarinata – Styotrichia – Sureshanella – Sympiesis – Sympiesomorpha – Tachinobia – Tamarixia – Tanava – Tatiana – Tetrasta – Tetrastichomphale – Tetrastichomyia – Tetrastichus – Thripastichus – Thripoctenus – Thymus – Tooloomius – Trichospilus – Trielacher – Trigonopterites – Trisecodes – Tropicharis – Tylomischus – Urfacus – Uroderostenus – Uroentedon – Wichmannia – Xanthellum – Xenaprostocetus – Xenopomphale – Xiphentedon – Zagrammosoma – Zaommomentedon – Zaommomyiella – Zasympiesis – Zealachertus – Zeastichus – Zeytinus
Source(s) of checklist:
Checklist based uncritically on UCD
Name

Eulophidae Westwood, 1829

Synonyms:

Elasmidae
Entiidae Hedqvist, 1974
Type genus: Entia Hedqvist, 1974 [=Boucekastichus Andriescu, 1971]

References

Bouček, Z. 1988: Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. C.A.B. International, Wallingford, UK.
Burks, R.A. et al. 2011: Combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with focus on the subfamily Entedoninae. Cladistics, 27(6): 581–605. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00358.x
Gauthier, N., Lasalle, J., Quicke, D.L.J. & Godfray, H.C.J. 2000. Phylogeny of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with a reclassification of Eulophinae and the recognition that Elasmidae are derived eulophids. Systematic entomology 25(4): 521–539. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2000.00134.x Reference page.
Gadallah, N.S., Yefremova, Z., Yegorenkova, E., Soliman, A.M., Abu El-Ghiet, U.M. & Edmardash, Y.A. 2015. A review of the family Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Egypt, with thirty three new records. Zootaxa 4058(1): 66–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.3 Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Hansson, C. 2010: Inti (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) a peculiar new genus from tropical America. Zootaxa, 2729: 58–64. Preview PDF
Hansson, C. 2011: Dentalion (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America with eleven new species. Zootaxa, 2811: 1–21. Preview PDF
Hansson, C. 2011b: Cornugon (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America including ten new species. Zootaxa, 2873: 1–26. Preview PDF
Hansson, C.; Straka, J. 2009: The name Euderinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a junior homonym. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111(1): 272–273. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797-111.1.272
Ikeda, E., 1997: A New Genus and a New Species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Malaysia and Japan. Japanese journal of entomology 65(4): 721–727. Abstract and full article: [1]].
Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2009: Nomenclatural notes on some generic names of the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, 150: 5–6.

Internet Archive

Yefremova, Z. 2015: An annotated checklist of the Eulophidae (excl. Tetrastichinae) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Israel. Zootaxa 3957(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Links

Eulophidae – Taxon details on BugGuide.

Vernacular names
català: Eulòfids
español: Eulófidos
日本語: ヒメコバチ科

The Eulophidae are a large family of hymenopteran insects, with over 4,300 described species in some 300 genera. The family includes the genus Elasmus, which used to be treated as a separate family, "Elasmidae", and is now treated as a subfamily of Eulophidae. These minute insects are challenging to study, as they deteriorate rapidly after death unless extreme care is taken (e.g., preservation in ethanol), making identification of most museum specimens difficult. The larvae of a very few species feed on plants, but the majority are primary parasitoids on a huge range of arthropods at all stages of development. They are exceptional in that they are one of two hymenopteran families with some species that are known to parasitize thrips. Eulophids are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats (one is even aquatic, parasitising water-penny beetles).

Eulophids are separable from most other Chalcidoidea by the possession of only four tarsomeres on each leg, a small, straight protibial spur (as opposed to the larger, curved one in most other chalcidoids), and by antennae with two to four funicle segments and at most 10 antennomeres.
See also

Aprostocetus