Eulophidae

plural noun

Eu·​loph·​i·​dae

yüˈläfəˌdē

: a large cosmopolitan family of narrow-winged chalcid flies usually with 4-jointed tarsi that are parasitic as larvae in or on the larvae of various other insects

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Eulophus, type genus (from Greek eulophos well plumed, from eu- + lophos nape of the neck, crest) + -idae

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