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Family Platygastridae

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Revisionary notes and keys to world genera of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidae)

By Lubomir Masner
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Vol. 108, Suppl. S97, pp 1-87, January, 1976

The subfamilies of Scelionidae in this reference are now under Platygastridae in Bugguide.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 7 September, 2012 - 7:04pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitoid Apocrita) » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Teleasinae » Trimorus

Parasitic wasps of the genus Trimorus in North America

By RM Fouts
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 98(3225): 91-148, 1948

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Includes a key to the subfamily as well.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 8 April, 2012 - 4:08pm

A new Scelionid egg parasite of the black widow spider

By H. L. Dozier
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 27-28, 1931

First description of Baeus latrodecti.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 25 November, 2012 - 5:45pm

The black widow spider and its parasites

By W. D. Pierce
Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 101-104, 1938

This article provides first description of Baeus californicus, identified by Krombein, Vol 1, 1160-1161(1) as a synonym of Baeus latrodecti(2).

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 25 November, 2012 - 5:39pm

The parasitic wasps of the genus Macroteleia Westwood of the New World (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Scelionidae)

By Muesebeck, C. F. W.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1565: 1-57, 1977

PDF version: https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/CAT87201458/PDF

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 9 July, 2017 - 10:44pm

The Nearctic Species of Duta Nixon (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), Egg Parasitoids of Ground Crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

By Masner L
The Canadian Entomologist Vol. 123, Issue 4 pp. 777-793, 1991

available here. DOI

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 27 August, 2020 - 2:01pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitoid Apocrita) » Platygastroidea

Nearctic species of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) that parasitize the eggs of grasshoppers

By C.F.W. Muesebeck
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 122. 33 pp. , 1972

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 12 January, 2012 - 4:11pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitoid Apocrita)

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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Contributed by Joe on 24 May, 2015 - 9:55pm

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