Elenchus koebelei

Elenchus koebelei · Order: Strepsiptera · Family: Elenchidae

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Elenchus koebelei
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Elenchus koebelei lives in Florida salt marshes. It is a parasitoid that develops inside the planthopper Prokelisia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in Florida salt marshes.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Parasitizes the insect Prokelisia.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 5 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

More photos

Elenchus koebelei photo 3
Photo: unknown, CC0

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elenchus_koebelei

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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