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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Pteromalid Wasps (Pteromalidae)

Family Pteromalidae - Pteromalid Wasps

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Very small bee or wasp? Chalcid? Pteromalid from Asphondylia gall in seaside goldenrod Unidentified wasps emerging from Gulf Fritillary pupae. Unknown Parasitica Small Fly Pteromalidae? Female, Eurytomidae? - Psilocera - 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 Pteromalidae (Pteromalid Wasps)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
what was historically recognized as Pteromalidae was split into two dozen families(1), so info that used to be on this page was deleted as no longer applicable/relevant/accurate.
Explanation of Names
Pteromalidae Dalman 1820
Numbers
~400 genera arranged into 8 subfamilies as summarized here
Works Cited
1.From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoid
Burks, Mitroiu, Fusu, Heraty, Janšta, Heydon, Papilloud, Peters, Tselikh, Woolley, van Noort, Baur, Cruaud, Darling, Haas, et a. 2022. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 94: 13-88.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 5 May, 2005 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, ceiseman, v belov, Edward Ruden, PaleoJon, Arturo Santos
Last updated 18 December, 2023 - 2:59pm

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