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]
| Emersonella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Eulophidae |
| Subfamily: | Entedoninae |
| Genus: | Emersonella Girault, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Emersonella lemae Girault, 1916
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| Species | |
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56 Species | |
References
edit- ^ 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
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Wikispecies has information related to Emersonella.
- Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
- Universal Chalcidoidea Database Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
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