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Platygastroidea keys

Keys to platygastroid wasps of the world

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

Classification of ScelionidaeClassification of Platygastridae

Scelionidae

Lucid Phoenix key to subfamilies of Scelionidae (adapted from Masner 1976)

Scelioninae

Lucid Phoenix key to world genera of Scelioninae (adapted from Masner 1976)

 

To modify the key to Scelioninae genera for a specific biogeographical region, click on the grey/blue funnel icon and select the region you are interested in. The key will be adapted automatically and will filter out extra-limital genera, simplifying and speeding up the identification process.

Teleasinae

Lucid Phoenix key to world genera of Teleasinae (adapted from Masner 1976) 

Telenominae

Lucid Phoenix key to world genera of Telenominae (adapted from Masner 1976) 

Heptascelio

Lucid Phoenix key to FEMALES of world species of Heptascelio

(adapted from key first published in Johnson et al. in press) 

 

Lucid Phoenix key to MALES of world species of Heptascelio

(adapted from key first published in Johnson et al. in press) 

Nixonia

Lucid Phoenix key to world species of Nixonia

(adapted from key published in Johnson & Masner 2006) 
 

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References

Johnson, N.F. & Masner, L. 2006. Revision of world species of the genus Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae). American Museum Novitates 3518: 1-32.

Johnson, N. F., Masner, L., Musetti, L., van Noort, S., Rajmohana K., Darling, D.C., Guidotti, A. Revision of world species of the genus Heptascelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae). Zootaxa

Masner, L. 1976. Revisionary notes and keys to world genera of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 97: 1-87.

Credits

Keys developed by Simon van Noort under the auspices of the PBI Platygastroidea project (National Science Foundation grant No. DEB–0614764 awarded to to N.F. Johnson and A.D. Austin).

Photographs included in the keys either © PBI Platygastroidea project or © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town).

Web page development by Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

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