Figitidae: Subfamily Eucoilidae

Figitidae is a family of small, parasitic wasps. Its members are early internal-late external parasitoids of other insect larvae. This includes primarily dipteran larvae but certain groups are known to predate or parasitize other hymenopteran species which attack aphid and psyllid communities. Initial parasitization does not halt host larvae growth, making figitids koinobiont parasitoids. After the second larval instar, however, fitigid larvae emerge from their host, killing it in the process, and feed for tthe next two instars on the carcass externally. This group of wasps is very diverse with approximately 1400 described species in over 130 genera. The most diverse subfamily, once considered a seperate family, and the focus of this expedition is the Eucoilidae. This subfamily contains over 1000 described species and there are likely many more to be described. Please help us transcribe the Eucoilidae collection housed here at the UHIM! **Information in this description is based on the paper "A new subfamily of Figitidae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea" by Ronquist and Nieves-Aldrey (2001)** The total number of tasks for this dataset is: 429, number transcribed is 429 and number validated is 0. This data resource is harvested periodically into the main occurrence index.