Eulophidae - 91 Species, Identification & Facts

Aulogymnus io

Identification: Dark colored, shining metallic on thorax, with extensive yellow markings including a narrow strip behind the ocelli. Two funicular segments, clava about twice as long as wide. Forewing with diffuse dark spot.

Ceranisus americensis

Identification: Forewing without bare area, base of gaster and femora pale (yellow to light brown)

Chrysocharis nephereus

The specimens for which this guide page was created were examined by Christer Hansson and identified as "Chrysocharis cf nephereus."

Chrysonotomyia susbelli

Identification: original description Type Locality: Rice University campus, Houston, Harris County; 29.7179°N, 95.4048°W; 4.v.2022. ex. gall on Quercus virginiana ; coll. Pedro Brandão-Dias

Closterocerus damastes

The specimens for which this guide page was created were identified as Closeterocerus nr. damastes by Christer Hansson.

Colpoclypeus florus

Funicle of female with two segments, of male with two or three segments. Clypeus with anterior margin medially incised, scutellum without sublateral grooved lines, gaster of female more or less round. One UK species. Unless identified by a recognised

Eulophus basalis

Larvae parasitize caterpillars of the drab prominent , which feed on the undersides of sycamore leaves. They "exit from a mature host en masse , move a short distance away, usually less than 2 cm, void their meconium and attach their posteriors to th

Euplectrus bicolor

Length 2-3mm. Antenna with scape yellowish-brown with dorsal edge pale brown, pedicel and flagellomeres 1+2 yellowish-brown, flagellomeres 3–6 pale brown. Head black and shiny, lower face with median part yellowish-brown reaching laterally to level o

Hemiptarsenus fulvicollis

Female clava with only terminal segment whitish; scutellum about as long as broad, slightly longer in some males (female brachypterous with discal fuscous cloud), thorax of female ranging from entirely metallic to almost entirely orange-yellow. In He

Hemiptarsenus ornatus

Female antennal club entirely whitish, thus showing black scape, pedicel and four further segments before the white club. Scutellum longer than broad. Females with 2-3 darkened bands. Thorax of female marked with yellow-orange at the sides and usuall

Neochrysocharis diastatae

"A common species found across North America, and with a very wide host spectrum." (comment from Christer Hansson)

Omphale connectens

Length of body 1.0–2.4 mm. Forewing with row of admarginal setae with all, or most, from ventral marginal vein and with radial cell bare; face shiny with very weak sculpture and partly smooth, to completely smooth; forecoxa black or dark brown metall

Omphale lugens

A green metallic wasp ~3mm long. Forewing with stigmal vein large and abruptly narrowed at base; female flagellum short (pedicel + flagellum 1.3× as long as distance between eyes). Unless identified by a recognized expert, explain how the specimen wa

Eucalyptus Gall Wasp

Ophelimus maskelli

Ophelimus maskelli is a species of Chalcid Wasp about 1mm long and mainly blackish in colour. The larvae produce galls on the leaves of Eucalyptus species, particularly Eucalyptus camaldulensis . The galls are numerous, pale green to reddish pustules

Pnigalio minio

Identification: Larva maggot-like, legless. Adult female usually with dark-colored thorax with blue metallic reflections and a yellow and black abdomen. Male with similar coloring but smaller than female and with branched antennae. The most common pa

Pnigalio species-one

The male and female placed here belong to the same species, but it is unclear what species that is. Christer Hansson tried to key them using Yoshimoto (1983), and reported: "The female runs to P. kukakensis (or P. maculipes - difficult to say as the

Pnigalio species-two

Two of these wasps were reared along with three of this species from larvae of Eriocraniella platyptera . Christer Hansson examined the specimens and reported that they could not be identified using the key in Yoshimoto (1983)--either this species i