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Subfamily Pteromalinae

This lovely chalcidoid greeted me this morning. A genus would be lovelier. - Ogloblinisca americana

Dashed Chalcid - Jaliscoa hunteri - Jaliscoa hunteri

Syrphid pupa and tiny wasp - Pachyneuron

Pteromalidae - maybe Boharticus? - Boharticus

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 Pteromalinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cratominae, Panstenoninae (recently sunk)(1)

Numbers

~400 spp. in ~140 genera in our area, TBA spp. ~320 genera worldwide(2)

Works Cited

1.	A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) Heraty J.M., Burks R.A., Cruaud A., Gibson G.A.P., Liljeblad J., Munro J., Rasplus J.-Y., Delvare G., Janšta P., Gumovsky A.... 2013. Cladistics 29: 466–542.

2.	Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Contributed by Bob Carlson on 9 December, 2012 - 5:09pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 April, 2023 - 10:51am

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