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Family Mymarommatidae - False Fairy Wasps

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 Mymarommatoidea

Family Mymarommatidae (False Fairy Wasps)

Explanation of Names

Mymarommatidae Debauche 1948

Numbers

2 genera, with 6 spp. in our area, 12 spp. total

Size

0.4―0.7 mm

Identification

key to spp. of Mymaromella in (1)

Range

worldwide (scattered records)

Season

May―Sep

Food

probably egg parasitoids

Remarks

for rearing advice, see (1)

See Also

Mymaridae

Print References

(2)

Works Cited

1.	The genus Mymaromella (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatidae) in North America, with a key to described extant species J.T. Huber, G.A.P. Gibson, L.S. Bauer, H. Liu, M. Gates. 2008. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 17(2): 175-194.

2.	Diversity, classification and higher relationships of Mymarommatoidea (Hymenoptera) Gibson G.A.P., Read J., Huber J.T. 2007. J. Hymenop. Res. 16:1 51―146.

Contributed by v belov on 14 January, 2017 - 3:10am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 4:09pm

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