PTEROMALIDAE Dalman, 1820
(a family of chalcid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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CLEONYMINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
EUNOTINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Eutelus
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Habrocytus elevatus
a chalcid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Hylocomus magnicornis
a parasitic wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Hylocomus orneus
a parasitic wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
MISCOGASTRINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
PTEROMALINAE
a subfamily of chalcid wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 16 subtaxa 58 images 14 ident. refs
Rhizomalus cupreus
a pteromlaid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPTEROMALIDAE (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
Graham, M.W.R. de V. 1969 The Pteromalidae of North-western Europe (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Bull.br.Mus.nat.Hist.Entomol. Supplement 16.

Butterfly Pupae/Primary Parasitoids

Askew, R.R.. & Shaw, M.R. 1997 Pteromalus apum (Retzius) and other Pteromalid (Hym.) primary parasitoids of butterfly pupae in western Europe, with a key Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 133: 67-72.

Genera

Boucek, Z. & Rasplus, J.-Y. 1991 Illustrated key to West-Palearctic genera of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Techniques et Pratiques, 140pp, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)

PTEROMALIDAE (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 PTEROMALIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 148 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PTEROMALIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
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