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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) » Ormocerinae

Subfamily Ormocerinae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Life Cycle · Works Cited
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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 Pteromalidae (Pteromalid Wasps)
Subfamily Ormocerinae
Explanation of Names
Ormocerinae Walker 1833
Numbers
9 spp. in 6 genera in our area, _ spp. in >40 genera total(1)
Size
<5 mm
Life Cycle
believed to be parasitoids of gall-inducing Cynipidae; they may turn out to be inquilines, killing the other larvae by outcompeting them for the gall tissue (Bouček 1988)
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 April, 2009 - 9:15pm
Additional contributions by v belov, behmrachel
Last updated 10 October, 2023 - 6:10pm

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