Megastigmidae

Family of wasps

Megastigmidae
Megastigmus, Bulgaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Megastigmidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. ^ Noyes, J.S. (2018). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ 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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Extant Hymenopteran families
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Subclass: Pterygota
  • Infraclass: Neoptera
  • Superorder: Holometabola
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Tenthredinoidea
  • Argidae (argid sawflies)
  • Blasticotomidae (fern sawflies)
  • Cimbicidae (cimbicid sawflies)
  • Diprionidae (conifer sawflies)
  • Pergidae (pergid sawflies)
  • Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)
Xyeloidea
Pamphilioidea
Siricoidea
  • Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps)
  • Siricidae (horntails)
Xiphydrioidea
  • Xiphydriidae (wood wasps)
Cephoidea
  • Cephidae (stem sawflies)
Orussoidea
  • Orussidae (parasitic wood wasps)
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  • Braconidae (braconids)
  • Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps)
Ceraphronoidea
Proctotrupomorpha
Platygastroidea
Cynipoidea
Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)
Diaprioidea
Mymarommatoidea
Chalcidoidea
(chalcid wasps)
Evanioidea
Stephanoidea
Megalyroidea
Trigonaloidea
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Vespoidea
  • Rhopalosomatidae (rhopalosomatid wasps)
  • Vespidae (paper wasps, potter wasps, pollen wasps, yellowjackets, hornets)
Tiphioidea
Thynnoidea
  • Chyphotidae
  • Thynnidae (flower wasps)
  • Sierolomorphidae (sierolomorphid wasps)
Pompiloidea
  • Mutillidae (velvet ants)
  • Myrmosidae
  • Pompilidae (spider wasps)
  • Sapygidae (sapygid, or club-horned wasps)
Scolioidea
  • Scoliidae (scoliid wasps)
Formicoidea
  • Formicidae (ants)
Apoidea
Spheciformes
(sphecoid wasps)
Anthophila
(bees)
Taxon identifiers
Megastigmidae
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