Emersonella
| Emersonella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Subfamily: | Entedoninae |
| Genus: | Emersonella Girault, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Emersonella lemae Girault, 1916 | |
| Species | |
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56 Species | |
Emersonella is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Several species are known to be phoretic parasitoids of female tortoise beetles, laying their eggs in the eggs of the beetle host.
References
- ↑ Cuignet M.P.A., Hance T., Windsor D.M. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and correlated life history characteristics of their Neotropical Cassidinae hosts (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 42:573-584.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Emersonella.
- Key to Nearctic eulophid genera Archived 2016-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Universal Chalcidoidea Database Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
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