ORMYRIDAE Förster, 1856
(a family of chalcid wasps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyORMYRIDAE (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
Hackston, M. 2016 Family Ormyridae key to British species https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/
Zerova, M.D. & Seryogina, L. Ya. 2006 Review of Palearctic Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with description of two new species Vestnik Zoologii Vol 40 (1): 27-40.

ORMYRIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ORMYRIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ORMYRIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
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