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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Figitidae » Charipinae

Subfamily Charipinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Twig nests, inhabitants, parasitoid Parasitic Wasp Cynipoidea Cynipoidea Alloxysta sp. - Alloxysta Cynipoidea small wasp Cynipidae?
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Family Figitidae
Subfamily Charipinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly considered a separate family, Charipidae.
Numbers
ca. 30 spp. in 4 genera in our area, ~200 spp. in 4 genera worldwide(1)

55 nearctic species (2014)
Identification
Key to Nearctic Charipinae in Ferrer-Suay 2014
Food
hyperparasites of aphids and psyllids through other parasitic wasps(1)
Remarks
The information on this page was taken from the old Charipidae page, created by Eric Eaton, with additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset and v belov.
Print References
Ferrer-Suay, M., Selfa, J., & Pujade-Villar, J. (2014). First records, new species, and a key of the Charipinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from the Nearctic Region. Annals of the entomological Society of America, 107(1), 50-73.

Ferrer-Suay, M., & Pujade-Villar, J. (2019). Keys to world Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae). ZooKeys, (822), 79. (2)
Works Cited
1.Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families
Goulet H., Huber J., eds. 1993. Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E. 668 pp.
2.Keys to world Charipinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae)
Mar Ferrer-Suay, Jesús Selfa, Juli Pujade-Villar . 2019. ZooKeys 822: 79–139.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 February, 2012 - 11:04am
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden, behmrachel
Last updated 11 March, 2020 - 8:38am

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