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Figitidae

Figitidae is a family of parasitoid wasps. The full diversity of this wasp family is not yet known, but about 1400 species have been described to over 130 genera. For example, the largest subfamily, Eucoilinae, has over 1000 described species so far, but this is probably just a fraction of the total diversity. Figitid species occur throughout most of the world.

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Figitidae
Callaspidia sp.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Cynipoidea
Family: Figitidae
Thomson, 1862
Subfamilies

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Subfamily Charipinae source ↗

Figitidae is a family of parasitoid wasps. The full diversity of this wasp family is not yet known, but about 1400 species have been described to over 130 genera.1 For example, the largest subfamily, Eucoilinae (previously considered as a separate family, the Eucoilidae),2 has over 1000 described species so far, but this is probably just a fraction of the total diversity. Figitid species occur throughout most of the world.3

Some Figitidae are Drosophila parasitoids, such as the genera Leptopilina, Leptolamina, and Ganaspis.

Systematics

As of 2011, there are 12 subfamilies.3

  • Anacharitinae
  • Aspicerinae
  • Charipinae
  • Emargininae
  • Euceroptrinae
  • Eucoilinae
  • Figitinae
  • Mikeiinae
  • Parnipinae
  • Plectocynipinae
  • Pycnostigminae
  • Thrasorinae
References

References

  1. Buffington, Matthew L.; Nylander, Johan A. A.; Heraty, John M. (2007). "The phylogeny and evolution of Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea)". Cladistics. 23 (5): 403–431. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.468.2008. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00153.x. ISSN 0748-3007. S2CID 52106610.
  2. Forshage, Mattias; Nordlander, Göran; Buffington, Matthew L. (2013). "Eucoilinae of North America: A Revised Catalog of Genera and Described Species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 115 (3): 225–255. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.115.3.225. ISSN 0013-8797. S2CID 84385331.
  3. Paretas-Martínez, J., et al. (2011). Systematics of Australian Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) with descriptions of Mikeiinae, new subfamily, two new genera, and three new species. ZooKeys 108 21-48.
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