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Subfamily Monodontomerinae

Wasp - Monodontomerus - female wasp - Monodontomerus Tiny Wasp Propagating in Pollinator Hotel - Monodontomerus Chalcid wasp - Torymid - Monodontomerus - female Chalcid wasp? (maybe same one) - Monodontomerus - female Chalcid wasp - Torymidae - Monodontomerus - female Cleptoparasitic wasp in Megachile nest - Monodontomerus - female Monodontomerus species - Monodontomerus - female
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 Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Torymidae
Subfamily Monodontomerinae
Explanation of Names
Monodontomerinae Ashmead 1899
Range
About half are Holarctic, with the rest distributed in other zoogeographical regions.(1)
Food
hosts: mostly Lepidoptera pupae, larvae of aculeate wasps/bees, and sawflies and larvae of their hyperparasitoids; This is the only group of Torymidae that attack eggs of Heteroptera and Orthoptera. Zaglyptonotus spp. oviposit into galls caused by other insects.
Works Cited
1.Torymidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) revised: molecular phylogeny, circumscription and reclassification of the family...
Janšta P., Cruaud A,, Delvare G., Genson G., Heraty J., Křížková B., Rasplus J.-Y. 2018. Cladistics 34: 627‒651.