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Platygastridae

Platygastrid wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

Platygastrinae
  Sceliotrachelinae

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

Mostly koinobiont parasitoids of gall midge (Cecidomyiidae) eggs developing only after host has reached pupal or prepupal stage. Others are idiobiont parasiotoids of beetle (Coleoptera) or bug (Homoptera) eggs, or Coccoidea or Aleyrodidae larva.

Diversity

1100 described species

Reference

Masner L. 1993. Superfamily Platygastroidea (pp. 558-565). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

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