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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Sceliotrachelinae

Subfamily Sceliotrachelinae

Classification · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Unid. parasitic wasp - Amitus lateral - Amitus ventral & tarsi - Amitus lateral, as found/in situ - Amitus mostly parasitized, Whitefly pupae on Jewelweed - Amitus Platygastridae, from Whitefly, dorsal - Amitus - male Platygastridae, from Whitefly, ventral - Amitus - male parasitized spent Whitefly pupa on Jewelweed - Amitus
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 Platygastroidea
Family Platygastridae
Subfamily Sceliotrachelinae
Range
worldwide(1)
Life Cycle
Koinobiont parasitoids of gall midge (Cecidomyiidae) eggs developing only after the host has reached pupal or prepupal stage(1)
Works Cited
1.van Noort S. (2004-2015) WaspWeb: Wasps, bees and ants of Africa and Madagascar
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 28 October, 2015 - 5:18pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 March, 2016 - 11:03pm

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