Baryscapus Explained

Baryscapus is a genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. Species in this genus are endoparasitic, meaning they develop within the body of another insect, with insect hosts being as varied as Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, or other Hymenoptera.^[1]

References

• Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
• Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Notes and References

1. Askew . R.R. . Shaw . M.R. . Askew . R.R . Shaw . M.R . Observations on the biology of Baryscapus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) with description of a new koinobiont hyperparasitoid with delayed development . Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae . 69 . 1/2 . 2005-01-01 . 2024-11-17 . 11–15.