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Family Perilampidae - Perilampid Wasps

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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 Perilampidae (Perilampid Wasps)
Explanation of Names
Perilampidae Latreille 1809
Numbers
36 spp. in 6 genera in our area, almost 300 spp. in 15 genera worldwide(1)
Size
1.3‒5.5 mm(1)
Range
Worldwide
Food
hosts: pupae of Tachinidae or Ichneumonoidea
Life Cycle
In some species, the egg is deposited on the foliage and the larva is of the planidium type. It mounts a member of the secondary host species, and eventually parasitizes the parasitoid of the larvae. Immature stages
Remarks
Most are hyperparasitoids. Some are primary parasitoids of wood-boring beetle larvae (Ptinidae, Platypodinae) or, less commonly, some other orders
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.A handbook of the families of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). 2nd Edition
Grissell E.E., Schauff M. E. 1997. Ent. Soc. Wash. 87pp.
Contributed by Richard Leung on 8 May, 2005 - 7:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, tom murray, v belov, bdagley
Last updated 10 October, 2023 - 7:02pm

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