Family Diapriidae

Classification · Identification · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Diapriidae: Belytinae sp. ? - Pantoclis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Proctotrupoidea

Family Diapriidae

Identification

Body is small, black, and shiny. Antennae 11 to 15 segments and rising from a protuberance in middle of the face. Trochanters have 2 segments. Wing venation reduced or nearly absent.

Habitat

Adults are usually found in wooded areas where there is decaying vegetation and fungi.

Food

Larvae are typically parasites of fungus gnats and other dipterans.

Print References

Borrow & White, pp. 336-338 (1)

Internet References

Keys at diapriid.org

http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/025042n.html

Works Cited

1.	A Field Guide to Insects By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson

Contributed by Richard Leung on 29 April, 2005 - 10:03pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 20 October, 2009 - 9:17pm

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