CYNIPOIDEA Latreille, 1802
(cynipoid parasitic wasps)

CYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Family 104 subtaxa 475 trophisms 43 references
Family 1 references
Family 21 subtaxa 34 trophisms 7 references
Family 2 subtaxa 5 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyCYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Eady R.D. & Quinlan, J. 1963 Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea, Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VIII, Part 1 (a), 81pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Key To Families

Hackston, M. Key to families of the British Cynipoidea

Plant Galls

() Darlington, A. 1968 A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour Blandford Press

CYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Forshage M., Bowdrey J., Broad G., Spooner B., van Veen F. 2017 Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e8049.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps):

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