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Megastigmus
Sign in to saveMegastigmus is a large genus of minute wasps that belongs to the family Megastigmidae. Many species undergo larval development within the seeds of trees and shrubs. They have a global distribution with the most species being found in the Palearctic, Australian, and Nearctic regions. Their wings have relatively large black spots located towards to middle The ovipositors in females are long.
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Megastigmus, and connects out to Animalia, plant and Greek.
It sits within the topics Chalcidoidea, Hymenoptera genera and Taxa named by Johan Wilhelm Dalman.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 477
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Torymidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, UAM, SAM, NMV
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, South Africa, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Megastigmus pistaciae.JPG
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- taxon name
- Megastigmus
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- Category:Megastigmus
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- Megastigmus
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Ecology
- List of species
- References
Megastigmus is a large genus of minute wasps that belongs to the family Megastigmidae. Many species undergo larval development within the seeds of trees and shrubs. They have a global distribution with the most species being found in the Palearctic, Australian, and Nearctic regions. Their wings have relatively large black spots located towards to middle The ovipositors in females are long.
The genus name “Megastigmus” is Greek with “mega” meaning large and “stigmus” meaning mark or spot.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Megastigmus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.