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Parnips Ronquist & Nieves-Aldrey

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

Parnips Ronquist & Nieves-Aldrey, 2001

ClassificationCynipoidea keys

Parnips nigripes (Barbotin, 1963)

Distribution

Palaearctic Region: Mediterranean.

Biology

Primary parasitoid of Aylacine gall wasps in Papaver.

References

Buffington ML, Forshage M, Liljeblad J, Tang CT, van Noort, S. 2020. World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera):a key to higher-level groups. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(4): 1–69. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003

Credits

Photographs © Matt Buffington (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA/ARS).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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