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Mymarommatidae
Sign in to saveThe Mymarommatidae, sometimes referred to as false fairy wasps, are a very small family of microscopic parasitic wasps. Only about half of the known species are living taxa (the others are fossils), but they are found worldwide.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyMymarommatidae
Латинское название Mymarommatidae Debauche, 1948 Систематикана Викивидах Поиск изображенийна Викискладе ITIS 709278 NCBI 272203 Мимаромматиды[1] (лат. Mymarommatidae, =Mymarommidae Debauche, 1948)[2] — семейство наездников подотряда стебельчатобрюхие отряда перепончатокрылые насекомые. Содержание 1 Описание 2 Распространение 3 Синонимы 4 Классификация 5 Примечания 6 Литература 7 Ссылки Описание Микроскопические насекомые (длина около 0,3—0,6 мм), чья биология остается неизвестной. Обладают 2-члениковым стебельком брюшка, как у муравьёв-мирмицин. Заднее крыло без пластинки, в виде короткой жилки. Переднее крыло длинностебельчатое, с единственной очень короткой костальной жилкой. Предположительно, являются паразитоидами яиц насекомых[3]. Живые ископаемые. Ископаемые представители известны из балтийского, бирманского, доминиканского, ливанского, сицилийского и других янтарей. Столь широкое распространение вымерших форм говорит о древнем возрасте группы, которая уже существовала не менее чем 120 млн лет назад[4]. Распространение Всесветное, включая некоторые субантарктические и тихоокеанские острова[4]. Синонимы =Mymarommidae Debauche, 1948 Классификация Выделяют в отдельное надсемейст
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- Mymarommatoidea
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The Mymarommatidae, sometimes referred to as false fairy wasps, are a very small family of microscopic parasitic wasps. Only about half of the known species are living taxa (the others are fossils), but they are found worldwide.
Little is known about the biology of these insects, but because of their size, and simple ovipositors, entomologists assumed they were idiobiont parasitoids on the eggs of insects, similar to other extremely small parasitic wasps such as fairyflies. Psocoptera, long suspected as their hosts based on circumstantial evidence, was confirmed to be the hosts of at least some mymarommatids in 2022, after specimens of Mymaromma menehune were observed emerging from the eggs of a member of the pscopteran family Lepidopsocidae. They are placed in the superfamily Mymarommatoidea, with a number of extinct families known from Cretaceous amber. Mymarommatids are distinguished by the presence of a pleated (folded) membrane connecting the front and back halves of the head extending from the mandible to the top of the head, which is presumably expanded by muscle or hydrostatic pressure, likely to aid in breaking open the walls of the egg capsule. Specimens are often found in leaf litter and are usually rare, but occasionally appear in significant numbers.
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