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Chalcedectidae

Classification and checklist of chalcedectid wasps

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

Identification Keys

  • Family Chalcedectidae

    • Genus Chalcedectus Walker, 1852

      • Chalcedectus caelatus (Grissell, 1991)

      • Chalcedectus copelandi Gibson & van Noort, 2026 (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, ?Yemen, ?United Arab Emirates)
      • Chalcedectus cuprescens (Westwood, 1874)
      • Chalcedectus guaraniticus (Strand, 1911)

      • Chalcedectus histrionicus (Westwood, 1874)

      • Chalcedectus hyalinipennis (Ashmead, 1896)

      • Chalcedectus indraneela Ranjith, 2026 (India)
      • Chalcedectus lanei De Santis, 1970
      • Chalcedectus mabeabai van Noort, 2026 (Central African Republic)

      • Chalcedectus maculicornis Walker, 1852
      • Chalcedectus maculipennis (Ashmead, 1896)

      • Chalcedectus madagascarensis Gibson, 2026 (Madagascar)
      • Chalcedectus meteorus (Girault, 1927)
      • Chalcedectus schroderae van Noort, 2026 (Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia)
      • Chalcedectus sedecimdentatus (Westwood, 1874)

      • Chalcedectus septemdentatus (Westwood, 1874)

      • Chalcedectus sinaiticus (Masi, 1936) (Algeria, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Iran, Israel)

      • Chalcedectus striolatus Gibson, 2026 (Thailand, Vietnam)
      • Chalcedectus superbus (De Santis, 1977)
      • Chalcedectus tankwa van Noort & Mitroiu, 2026 (Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)
      • Chalcedectus texanus Brues, 1907

References

Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea, a biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 832 pp.

Burks R, Mitroiu M-D, Fusu L, Heraty JM, Janšta P, Heydon S, Papilloud ND-S, Peters RS, Tselikh EV, Woolley JB, van Noort S, Baur H, Cruaud A, Darling C, Haas M, Hanson P, Krogmann L, Rasplus J-Y. 2022. From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach to rendering Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera) monophyletic. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94:13-88. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.94.94263

Desjardins, C.A. 2007. Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae. Zootaxa 1647: 1–88.

Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Prinsloo, G.L. 1980. An illustrated guide to the families of African Chalcidoidea. Rep. S. Afr., Dept. Agric. Fish. Sci. Bull. No. 395: 1-66.

van Noort S, Gibson GAP, Ranjith AP, Mitroiu M-D. 2026. Revision of Chalcedectidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions with description of eleven new species. Zootaxa 5781: 1-106. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5781.1.1

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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


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