MEGASTIMINAE Thomson, 1876
(a subfamily of hymenopterans)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Bootanomyia dorsalis
a chalcid wasp
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images
Megastigmus
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyMEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTORYMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Verheyde, F., Ulenberg, S., Meijer, H., Hoekstra, P., De Ketelaere, A. & Roques, A. 2023 Review of the Megastigmidae in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Osmia: Revue d’Hyménoptérologie (Journal of Hymenopterology) Vol 11: 65-80.

MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
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