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Family Ooderidae

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Pteromalidae, dorsal - Oodera formosa Pteromalidae, dorsalX - Oodera formosa Pteromalidae, lateral - Oodera formosa Pteromalidae, face - Oodera formosa Oodera in Minnesota - Oodera - female Oodera in Minnesota - Oodera - female Oodera formosa South Dakota - Oodera formosa Oodera formosa South Dakota - Oodera formosa

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 Ooderidae

Explanation of Names

Ooderidae Bouček 1958

Numbers

a single (adventive) species of uncertain identity in our area, 16 spp. total(1)

Range

Old World (mostly palaeotropical) genus(1), one sp. accidentally introduced into the US, recorded in mid-Atlantic states (NJ-VA) and IA

Food

recorded hosts: various beetles, notably wood-boring (Buprestidae, Scolytinae)(1)

Remarks

info based mostly on Gary Gibson's comment

Print References

Werner J., Peters S.J. (2018) Taxonomic revision of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae), with description of ten new species. J. Hym. Res. 63: 73-123. (Full text)

Works Cited

1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by v belov on 14 January, 2013 - 11:47am
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 4 September, 2023 - 7:27pm

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