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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita

parasitic Apocrita

Classification · Identification · Remarks · Internet References
Parasitoid Wasp? - Gonatocerus Braconid - Sigalphinae - female Fig wasp - female Megarhyssa - Megarhyssa - male eggs on back of leaf Ichneumon - Pristaulacus - female Another Ichneumon - Netelia - female Bathyplectes curculionis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon parasitic Apocrita
Identification
OVERVIEW OF FAMILIES of parasitic Apocrita

Family Ceraphronidae


Family Diapriidae


Family Heloridae


Family Megaspilidae


Family Pelecinidae - Pelecinids


Family Platygastridae


Family Proctotrupidae - Proctotrupids


Family Roproniidae


Family Scelionidae


Family Stephanidae - Stephanid Wasps


Family Trigonalidae


Family Vanhorniidae


Superfamily Chalcidoidea - Chalcid Wasps

Family Agaonidae - Fig wasps
female

Family Aphelinidae


Family Chalcididae - Chalcid Wasps


Family Elasmidae


Family Encyrtidae - Encyrtids


Family Eucharitidae


Family Eulophidae


Family Eupelmidae


Family Eurytomidae


Family Leucospidae


Family Mymaridae


Family Ormyridae


Family Perilampidae


Family Pteromalidae - Pteromalids


Family Torymidae


Family Trichogrammatidae


Superfamily Cynipoidea

Family Charipidae


Family Cynipidae - Gall Wasps


Family Figitidae


Family Ibaliidae - Ibaliid Wasps



Superfamily Evanioidea - Aulacids, Ensigns, and Gasteruptiids

Family Aulacidae


Family Evaniidae - Ensign Wasps


Family Gasteruptiidae - Gasteruptiid


Superfamily Ichneumonoidea - Braconids and Ichneumons

Family Braconidae - Braconid Wasps


Family Ichneumonidae - Ichneumon Wasps
Remarks
Taxonomists no longer consider this a valid group: the consensus seems to be that the Aculeata arose from within or very close to the Subfamily Ichneumonoidea. It's been kept here at BugGuide for ease of finding things in the taxonomic tree.
Internet References
Link to drawings of wasps and some bees.
Parasitic wasps
Parasitica In Catalan, with excellent pictures.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 5 March, 2005 - 10:23pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Lynette, Chuck Entz
Last updated 9 September, 2009 - 3:51pm

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