Pteromalidae

The Pteromalidae are a large family of wasps, the majority being parasitoids of other insects. They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats, and many are important as biological control agents. The oldest known fossil is known from the Early Cretaceous.

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Nasonia are a genus of small pteromalid parasitoid wasps that sting and lay eggs in the pupae of various flies. The fly species that Nasonia usually parasitize are primarily blow flies and flesh flies, making Nasonia a useful tool for biocontrol of these pest flies. The small match-head sized wasps are also referred to as jewel wasps based on the emerald sheen of their exoskeleton (visible in the adjacent image).

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Pteromalinae is a parasitoid wasp subfamily in the family Pteromalidae.

Pteromalus is a genus of pteromalid wasps in the family Pteromalidae. There are at least 430 described species in the genus Pteromalus.

Chlorocytus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

Cheiropachus is a genus of insects belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

Parurios is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

Dinarmus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

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Stenomalina is a genus of insects belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

wasp genus

Muscidifurax is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

Trichomalus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

Sycoscapter is a genus of non-pollinating fig wasp which is native to the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian realms. They are parasitoids of fig wasps in the Ceratosolen, Eupristina and Kradibia genera.

Mesopolobus is a genus of insects belonging to the family Pteromalidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. This genus has a variety of life histories, with the majority of species being parasites of pupae.

Lariophaugus is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Pteromalidae. The genus was described by American entomologist and taxonomist James Chamberlain Crawford, with the type species Lariophagus texanus.

Colotrechnus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

thumb | right | alt=Callitula insect walking across metal surface | Callitula pyrrhogaster Callitula is a genus of insects belonging to the family Pteromalidae.

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Ablaxia is a genus of wasps in the family Pteromalidae.

Robertsia is a genus of fig wasps in the family Pteromalidae, native to Papua New Guinea.

Cecidostiba is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the tribe Pteromalini. All species in the genus are parasitoids of gall wasps (Cynipidae) on Quercus, Castanea and Acer.

Neapterolelaps is a genus of Hymenoptera belonging to the family Pteromalidae. The species in the genus are diurnal.

Ormocerinae is a subfamily in the chalcidoid wasp family Pteromalidae.

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Miscogaster is a genus of chalcid wasps.

Catolaccus is a parasitic wasp genus in the family Pteromalidae. Catolaccus grandis has been used by cotton farmers in Texas to combat crop damage from the boll weevil.

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Strejcekia is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the subfamily Pteromalinae.

species of insect (fossil)