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Figitidae

Figitid wasps of the world

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Cynipoidea)

ClassificationIdentification keys

Anacharitinae (Worldwide)

Aspicerinae (Worldwide)

Charipinae (Worldwide)

Emargininae (Worldwide)

Euceroptrinae (Holarctic)

Eucoilinae (Worldwide)

Figitinae (Worldwide)
Mikeiinae (Australian)
Parnipinae (Palaearctic)
Plectocynipinae (Neotropical)

Pycnostigminae (Afrotropical, Palaearctic)

Thrasorinae (Indo-Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical)
Distribution Worldwide.
Biology Parasitoids of larva of cyclorrhaphous Diptera, or Hemerobiidae and Chrysopidae (Neuroptera), or Syrphidae (Diptera), or parasitoids of cynipoid or chalcidoid gall inducers, or hyperparasitoids of Hemiptera through Braconidae or Chalcidoidea.

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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).

Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS) and Mattias Forshage (Swedish Museum of Natural History) both played an integral role in the development of the Cynipoidea pages.


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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