# Elasmus

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{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Elasmus male.jpg
| image_caption = ''Elasmus'' male
| name = ''Elasmus''
| taxon = Elasmus
| authority = [Westwood](/source/John_Obadiah_Westwood), 1833
| type_species = ''[Elasmus flabellatus](/source/Elasmus_flabellatus)''
| type_species_authority =  ([Fonscolombe](/source/%C3%89tienne_Laurent_Joseph_Hippolyte_Boyer_de_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 [hymenoptera](/source/hymenoptera)n subfamily '''Elasminae''' (formerly classified as a separate family, '''Elasmidae'''), and contains over 200 species worldwide. They are mostly [parasitoid](/source/parasitoid)s or [hyperparasitoid](/source/hyperparasitoid)s of [lepidoptera](/source/lepidoptera)n larvae, though several species are parasitoids of ''[Polistes](/source/Polistes)'' paper wasp larvae. Some authorities now place ''Elasmus'' in the subfamily [Eulophinae](/source/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](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_London) | work = Universal Chalcidoidea Database}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Eulophidae
Category:Hymenoptera genera
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