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Family Pirenidae

Small Wasp - Gastrancistrus - female Pteromalid - Gastrancistrus Small Wasp - Macroglenes - female Pteromalid ex Tephrosia gall midge - Gastrancistrus Bug-eyed wasp - Macroglenes Chalcidoid with flattened metatibiae - Spathopus Toryminae? - Gastrancistrus - female Gastrancistrus
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 Pirenidae
Explanation of Names
Pirenidae Haliday 1844
Numbers
28 spp. in 5 genera in our area (all but 5 spp. are in Gastrancistrus), ~200 spp. in 17 genera worldwide(1)
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 9 January, 2014 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 10 October, 2023 - 7:04pm

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