''Meruacesa'' is a genus in the family
Eulophidae
The Eulophidae are a large family of hymenopteran insects, with over 4,300 described species in some 300 genera. The family includes the genus '' Elasmus'', which used to be treated as a separate family, "Elasmidae", and is now treated as a su ...
. It was formerly known as ''Meruana'' but this is now considered a junior homonym, due to the name being preoccupied by an East African genus of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshop ...
in the family
Acrididae.
References
External links
Key to Nearctic eulophid generaUniversal Chalcidoidea Database
Eulophidae
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