{{Short description|Genus of wasps}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Elasmus male.jpg | image_caption = ''Elasmus'' male | name = ''Elasmus'' | taxon = Elasmus | authority = Westwood, 1833 | type_species = ''Elasmus flabellatus'' | type_species_authority = (Fonscolombe, 1832) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = >210 species | synonyms = *''Aneure'' Nees, 1834 *''Heptacondyla'' Rondani, 1877 *''Cyclopleura'' Cameron, 1913 *''Austelasmus'' Riek, 1967 }} The genus '''''Elasmus''''' is the only member of the hymenopteran subfamily '''Elasminae''' (formerly classified as a separate family, '''Elasmidae'''), and contains over 200 species worldwide. They are mostly parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae, though several species are parasitoids of ''Polistes'' paper wasp larvae. Some authorities now place ''Elasmus'' in the subfamily Eulophinae.<ref name = UCDB>{{cite web | url = http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/chalcidoids/database/detail.dsml?FamilyCode=HE&VALGENUS=Elasmus&VALSPECIES=&VALAUTHOR=Westwood&VALDATE=1833&ValidAuthBracket=false&TAXONCODE=&HOMCODE=0&lastSearchSessionID= | title = Taxon record ''Elasmus'' Westwood, 1833 | accessdate = 25 June 2017 | publisher = Natural History Museum | work = Universal Chalcidoidea Database}}</ref>
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Category:Eulophidae Category:Hymenoptera genera {{Eulophidae-stub}}