Parasitoid wasps

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evolutionary grade of hymenopteran superfamilies

thumb|Orussus abietinus; Narew river near Pułtusk, Poland The Orussidae or the parasitic wood wasps represent a small family of sawflies ("Symphyta"). Currently, about 93 extant and four fossil species are known. They take a key position in phylogenetic analyses of Hymenoptera, because they form the sister taxon of the megadiverse apocritan wasps, and the common ancestor of Orussidae + Apocrita evolved parasitism for the first time in course of the evolution of the Hymenoptera. They are also the only sawflies with carnivorous larvae.

Eurytoma is a genus of parasitoid chalcid wasps in the family Eurytomidae. There are at least 620 described species in Eurytoma. However, both morphological and phylogenomic studies have shown that Eurytoma is a polyphyletic lineage, and extensive taxonomic rearrangements are needed in order to resolve this genus .

thumb|Trissolcus edessae female thumb|Trissolcus euschisti

thumb|Platygaster sp. in copula. Filmed on a fallen beech in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany Platygaster is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae. There are more than 560 described species in Platygaster.

Netelia is a genus of ichneumonid wasps in the subfamily Tryphoninae. There are over 330 described species in Netelia grouped into 12 subgenera.

Heterospilus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 130 described species in Heterospilus. thumb

Gelis is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 270 described species in Gelis.

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Ormyrus is a genus of chalcid wasps in the family Ormyridae. There are 145 described species in Ormyrus.

Dolichurus is a genus of cockroach wasps in the family Ampulicidae; they are generally found on dead wood, leaf litter, or on tree trunks. There are at least 50 described species in Dolichurus.

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Dendrocerus is a large genus of ceraphronoid wasps in the family Megaspilidae. There are more than 100 described species in Dendrocerus.

Praon is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 70 described species in Praon. thumb|Praon abjectum

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Lissonota is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 390 described species in Lissonota. thumb

Exochus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 270 described species in Exochus.

Bathythrix is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 60 described species in Bathythrix. thumb|Bathythrix pellucidator

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Phanerotoma is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 190 described species in Phanerotoma. thumb thumb

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Orthocentrus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 90 described species in Orthocentrus.

Macroteleia is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae. There are more than 140 described species in Macroteleia.

right|thumb|226px|Baeus sp. from Oklahoma, USA.

Mesochorus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 690 described species in Mesochorus.

Synopeas is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae. There are about 400 described species in Synopeas.

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thumb|Female specimen of Trichacis tristis, lateral habitus. Collected from Rügen Island, Germany, May 2015. Trichacis is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae. Members of this genus have a tuft of setae on the mesoscutellum and transverse striae or rugulae above the antennae. They are parasitoids of Cecidomyiidae, although the hosts of most species remain unknown.

Alabagrus is a genus of wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 100 described species in Alabagrus.

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Scelioninae is a subfamily of wasps in the family Scelionidae. It is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species in some 160 genera) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly small (0.5–10 mm), often black, often highly sculptured, usually with geniculate (elbowed) antennae that have a 9- or 10-segmented flagellum. It was formerly classified as a subfamily of the Platygastridae, but in 2021 the family Scelionidae was revived, containing the subfamilies Scelioninae, Teleasinae, and Telenominae.

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Loboscelidiinae is a small subfamily of cuckoo wasps in the family Chrysididae. There are 2 genera and 72 described species in Loboscelidiinae, and they are parasitoids of walking stick eggs.

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Spilomicrus is a genus of hymenopterans in the family Diapriidae.

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thumb|Euceros albitarsus Curtis Illustration from British Entomology

Yelicones is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 120 described species in Yelicones. thumb|Yelicones delicatus

Colpotrochia is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 61 described species in Colpotrochia.

thumb|Sapyga centrata Sapyga is a genus of sapygid wasps. At least 19 species have been described in the genus. thumb|Female Sapyga

Metaclisis is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae. There are at least 30 described species in Metaclisis.

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Pristocera is an Old World genus of chrysidoid wasps in the family Bethylidae. In the subfamily Pristocerinae, they are somewhat distinctive, as they can be recognized by males having a hypopygium split into two separate plates or the petiolar flaps in females.

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thumb| Eoferreola thoracica

Sclerodermus is a genus of chrysidoid wasps in the family Bethylidae. There are at least 20 described species in Sclerodermus.

Aphaereta is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 40 described species in Aphaereta.

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Teleasinae is a subfamily of parasitoid wasps in the family Scelionidae. It was previously considered a subfamily of Platygastridae.

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Triclistus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are at least 90 described species in Triclistus.