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Family Ooderidae

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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 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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