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Family Megaspilidae

 
 
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Annotated keys to the species of Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) of the Neotropical Region
By Pezzini C, Köhler A
EntomoBrasilis 10 (1): 37-43, 2017
contains a key to the Neotropical genera of Megaspilidae. Figure 2 contains useful illustrations showing the arrangement of the ocellar triangles of Conostigmus and Dendrocerus, as well as the differences in the length of the forewing radial vein between Trichosteresis and other megaspilid genera

PDF @ ResearchGate
DOI: [url= https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v10i1.660]https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v10i

A revision of the British species of Dendrocerus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) with a review...
By Fergusson NDM
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 41 (4): 255-314, 1980
full title = A revision of the British species of Dendrocerus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) with a review of their biology as aphid hyperparasites

contains a key to the British genera of Megaspilidae and some useful illustrations

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A Taxonomic Revision of Nearctic Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae)
By Trietsch C, Mikó I, Ezray B, Deans AR
Zootaxa 4792 (1): 001–155, 2020

Masner, a new genus of Ceraphronidae (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea) described using controlled vocabularies
By Miko I, Deans AR
ZooKeys 20:127-153, 2009
PDF available at ResearchGate

Although the genus described is not found in the Nearctic, the paper is interesting for a few reasons:
• the new genus has characteristics of both Megaspilidae and Ceraphronidae, challenging "previous definitions of the two extant ceraphronoid families"
• the definition and use of a controlled vocabulary to describe character states (a benefit of which would be to avoid every entomologist using their own favorite terms, among others)

Catalog of systematic literature of the superfamily Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera)
By Johnson M, Musetti L
Contributions of the American Entomological Institute vol 33 #2, 2004
PDF download available through SemanticScholar. Also available for purchase through the AEI

Three New Southeastern Parasitic Hymenoptera
By Carl F. W. Muesebeck
The Florida Entomologist, 50(1): 57-61, 1967
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Includes descriptions for 2 Diapriidae (Trichopria myoleptae & T. dentata) and 1 Braconidae (Macrocentrus dioryctriae, now accepted as Hymenochaonia dioryctriae).

Flowering Plant Hosts of Adult Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Central Illinois
By Tooker, J.F. and L.M. Hanks
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2000
A large comprehensive study involving 151 parasitoid species over several parasitoid families and records covering over 33 years of observation and over 15,000 insect visitors. Provides persuasive data that Apiaceae (the carrot family) is the plant family by far most widely used by parasitoid wasp adults for feeding.

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

 
 
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