Megastigmidae
| Megastigmidae | |
|---|---|
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| Megastigmus, Bulgaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Infraorder: | Proctotrupomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Megastigmidae Thomson, 1876 |
Megastigmidae is a family of chalcid wasps in the order Hymenoptera. There are about 12 genera and more than 170 described species in Megastigmidae. Megastigmidae was formerly considered a subfamily of the family Torymidae.[1][2][3][4]
Genera[edit]
These 12 genera belong to the family Megastigmidae:
- Bootanelleus Girault, 1915
- Bootania Dalla Torre, 1897
- Bootanomyia Girault, 1915
- Bortesia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990
- Ianistigmus Boucek, 1988
- Macrodasyceras Kamijo, 1962
- Malostigmus Boucek, 1988
- Mangostigmus Boucek, 1986
- Megastigmus Dalman, 1820
- Neomegastigmus Girault, 1915
- Paramegastigmus Girault, 1915
- Westralianus Boucek, 1988
References[edit]
- ^ Janšta, Petr; Cruaud, Astrid; Delvare, Gérard; Genson, Guénaëlle; et al. (2018). "Torymidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) revised: molecular phylogeny, circumscription and reclassification of the family with discussion of its biogeography and evolution of life-history traits" (PDF). Cladistics. 34 (6): 627–651. doi:10.1111/cla.12228. PMID 34706481.
- ^ "Megastigmidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ^ Noyes, J.S. (2018). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Aguiar, A.P.; Deans, A.R.; Engel, M.S.; Forshage, M.; et al. (2013). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.12. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.
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