Emersonella

Emersonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Entedoninae
Genus:
Girault, 1916
Type species
Emersonella lemae
Girault, 1916
Species

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
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