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We present a taxonomic and biological study of the genus Eurytoma Illiger, 1807 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), based on the morphology and biology of the terminal-instar larvae of 13 species living as parasitoids in the galls of European species of cynipid gall wasps. We provide the first detailed descriptions of the terminal-instar larvae of the studied species, illustrating diagnostic characters for the family and the studied genera with SEM pictures. We also provide a species key for the identification of Eurytoma larvae associated with cynipid galls, based on particular characters associated with the head, mouthparts and mandibles. Although we find only limited informative variation in body shape, the head and mandibles provide many characters of potential taxonomic and phylogenetic value. We summarise the larval biology of the 13 Eurytoma species inhabiting cynipid galls. Eurytoma larvae are usually solitary idiobiont ectoparasitoids of the host larva or of larvae of cynipid inquilines that also often feed on gall tissue.Financial support for this paper was provided by Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, research projects CGL2005-01922/BOS, CGL2009-10111 and CGL2010-15786/BOS to J. L. Nieves-Aldrey. GNS was supported by NERC grants NER/B/S2003/00856 NER/B/504406 and NE/D007178/1.Peer Reviewe

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Comparative morphology and biology of terminalinstar larvae of some<i>Eurytoma</i>(Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) species parasitoids of gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in western Europe

Comparative morphology and biology of terminalinstar larvae of someEurytoma(Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) species parasitoids of gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in western Europe