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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Trichogrammatidae

Family Trichogrammatidae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Trichogrammatid from alderfly egg - Trichogramma - female Trichogrammatid - Trichogramma - female Trichogrammatidae Wasp Wasp Trichogrammatidae, dorsal parasitic wasps with lepidopteran eggs Trichogrammatidae, measure
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 Trichogrammatidae
Explanation of Names
Trichogrammatidae Haliday 1851
Numbers
2 subfamilies, with 135 spp. (of which >60 in Trichogramma) in 41 genera in our area and ~840 spp. in >80 genera worldwide(1)
Size
0.3‒1.2 mm(1)
Identification
tarsi 3-segmented, color not metallic, 1‒2 funicular segments(1)(2)
Food
primary, solitary or gregarious endoparasitoids of the eggs of other insects, notably Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Thysanoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and Neuroptera(1)
Remarks
many spp. used as pest control agents(1)
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.The classification of the Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
R. L. Doutt and G. Viggiani. 1968. California Academy of Sciences.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 18 November, 2006 - 3:09pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 10 October, 2023 - 8:10pm

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