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Megastigminae Thomson

Megastigmine wasps of the world

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Torymidae)

Megastigminae Thomson 1876

Classification

 

Bootanelleus Girault, 1915

 

Bootania Dalla Torre, 1897

 

Bootanomyia Girault, 1915

 

Bortesia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990

 

Malostigmus Bouček, 1988

 

Mangostigmus Bouček, 1986

  Megastigmus Dalman, 1820
 

Neomegastigmus Girault, 1915

 

Paramegastigmus Girault, 1915

 

Westralianus Bouček, 1988

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology Hosts: Cynipinae (cynipid galls), Eriococcidae, Eurytominae, bud galls, Diptera (dipterous galls), Diptera (flies), Lasiocampinae, Ormoccerinae, Cecidomyiidae, Synerginae, Toryminae

References

Credits

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