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Chalcid riders (Eupelmidae), example 1

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Proctos, 09.06.2006 3:02

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15.06.2006 1:04, Proctos

picture: Eupelmidae_sp1a_s.jpgThe Eupelmids (Eupelmidae) are a relatively small family of chalcidoids (850 species and 45 genera of the world's fauna). The fauna of Russia is insufficiently studied.
It is characterized by the presence of a long thick spur on the middle paw, probably serving for the jumping function, as well as a depressed mid-spine in females.
Biology-internal and external parasites of larvae of Orthoptera, Blattaria, Mantodea, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and spider eggs.

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