Tribe : Eulophini Westwood, 1828

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Diagnosis

Propleura meeting posteriorly and covering prosternum.
Funicle usually with 4 segments (rarely 3).
Face without transverse sulcus about midway between torulus and anterior ocellus.
Postmarginal vein
generally distinctly longer than stigmal vein (STV). Submarginal vein with 3 or more setae on dorsal surface.
Notauli variable: complete, straight or nearly so, and reaching hind margin of mesoscutum; complete, curved to meet anterior margin of axilla; incomplete or absent.
Scutellum with at least 2 pairs of setae; with or without paired longitudinal lines.
Male antenna
often with funicular branches.

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Superfamily : Chalcidoidea
Family : Eulophidae
Subfamily : Eulophinae

Classification

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Overview

The Eulophini is one of 3 tribes currently recognized in the subfamily Eulophinae (Eulophini, Cirrospilini, Elasmini) (Gauthier et al., 2000). It contains about 1000 species in 85 genera.
Most Eulophini are parasitoids of larval Lepidoptera; with the exception being genera with leafmining parasitoids which attack hosts in other orders. Species in most genera are ectoparasitic idiobionts of larvae concealed in plant tissue; only a few are ectoparasitic koinobionts of exposed caterpillars.

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Identification

There are no keys strictly to Eulophini; however keys to all Eulophinae genera are available for Australasia (Boucek 1988) and North America (Schauff et al., 1997). Gauthier et al. (2000) provided a list to all genera in this tribe.

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