No footnotes date March 2010 Taxobox name Pteromalidae image Female Catolaccus grandis wasp.jpg 280px image caption Catolaccus grandis regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Pteromalidae familia authority Johan Wilhelm Dalman Dalman , 1820 diversity 15 28 subfamilies br c. 640 genera br c. 3450 species diversity link biodiversity subdivision ranks Subfamilies subdivision many see text Where??? the text has no information on included taxa Pteromalidae is a very large family of parasitic wasp s, with some 3,450 described species in some 640 genera the number used to be greater, but many species and genera have been reduced to synonymy in recent years . The subfamily level divisions of the family are highly contentious and unstable, and there is no question that the family is completely artificial, composed of numerous distantly related groups polyphyletic . Accordingly, details of the life history range over nearly the entire range possible within the Chalcidoidea , though the majority are as with most Chalcidoids parasitoid s of other insect s. They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats, and many are important as biological control agents. In essence, a Pteromalid is any member of the Chalcidoidea that has 5 segmented arthropod leg tarsi and does not have the defining features of any of the remaining families with 5 segmented tarsi. There is no question that this family will be divided into several families in the near future. External links http www.nhm.ac.uk research curation research projects chalcidoids pteromalidae1.html Universal Chalcidoidea Database http www.nysaes.cornell.edu ent biocontrol parasitoids catolaccus grandis.html Catolaccus grandis is an chalcidoidea stub Category Chalcidoidea es Pteromalidae fr Pteromalidae it Pteromalidae no Pteromalidae pt Pteromalidae ru Pteromalidae uk Pteromalidae ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Leptofoeninae image Leptofoenus rufus female .JPG image caption Leptofoenus rufus female regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Pteromalidae subfamilia Leptofoeninae subdivision ranks Genera subdivision Doddifoenus Leptofoenus The Pteromalidae Pteromalid wasp subfamily Leptofoeninae contains the largest known members of the Chalcidoidea . They also, like many of the smaller Pteromalids, are brilliantly metallic. The subfamily contains only two genera, Doddifoenus with three species and Leptofoenus with five extant species . The recently described Doddifoenus wallacei is the largest known chalcidoid wasp, reaching nearly 5 cm in length including ovipositor ref Krogmann, L., Burks, R.A. 2009 Doddifoenus wallacei , a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Leptofoeninae Chalcidoidea Pteromalidae , with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization. Zootaxa 2194 21 36 ref . The first Leptofoeninae species known from the fossil record, Leptofoenus pittfieldae , was described in 2009 by Michael S. Engel Dr. Michael Engel from a specimen discovered in Dominican amber . ref name Engel2009 cite journal last1 Engel first1 M.S. year 2005 title The first fossil leptofoenine wasp Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic journal ZooKeys volume 13 pages 57 66 doi 10.3897 zookeys.13.159 ref References reflist wikispecies Leptofoeninae Category Chalcidoidea ... more details
Zanonia may refer to Ross RS 1 Zanonia , a sailplane named after the plant Zanonia , genus of tropical creepers Zanonia, insect , genus of Pteromalidae wasps Disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Theocolax image MonographiaChalciditumPlateNdel.jpg image caption 4. Cerocephala formiciformis Ent. Mag. 2 149 a Antenna b male c head Cerocephala formiciformis Westwood, 1832 Synonym of Theocolax formiciformis Westwood, 1832 regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Pteromalidae subfamilia Cerocephalinae genus Theocolax genus authority subdivision ranks Species subdivision Theocolax is a parasitic wasps genus in the family Pteromalidae . Species list Theocolax bakeri Crawford, 1915 Theocolax elegans Westwood, 1874 Theocolax formiciformis Westwood, 1832 Theocolax frater Girault, 1913 Theocolax ingens Xiao & Huang, 2001 Theocolax oblonga Delucchi 1956 Theocolax phloeosini Yang, 1989 Theocolax radhakrishnani Sureshan & Narendran, 2005 References reflist Wikispecies Theocolax External links commons TaxonIds wikispecies itis worms eol 54254 ncbi others http www. Category Chalcidoidea Category Biological pest control agents chalcidoidea stub ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Leptofoenus image Leptofoenus rufus female .JPG image caption Leptofoenus rufus female regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Pteromalidae subfamilia Leptofoeninae genus Leptofoenus genus authority Smith, 1862 subdivision ranks Species subdivision L. howardi L. peleciniformis extinct L. pittfieldae L. rufus L. stephanoides L. westwoodi Leptofoenus is a genus of wasp in the family Pteromalidae , the type biology type genus subfamily Leptofoeninae found in South, Central, and southern North America. ref name Engel2009 cite journal last1 Engel first1 M.S. year 2005 title The first fossil leptofoenine wasp Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic journal ZooKeys volume 13 pages 57 66 doi 10.3897 zookeys.13.159 ref ref name IVMcP1996 cite journal last1 Iturralde Vinent first1 M.A. coauthor MacPhee, R.D.E. year 1996 title Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber journal Science volume 273 pages 1850 1852 doi 10.1126 science.273.5283.1850 issue 5283 ref The genus contains five Extant taxon living species and one Extinction extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola . ref name Engel2009 With body sizes ranging from convert 11 27 mm in Leptofoenus species are larger than nearly all other species in Pteromalidae. ref name Engel2009 The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae , Gasteruptiidae , and Stephanidae . ref name Engel2009 Species All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America. Leptofoenus howardi small Ashmead small Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam Leptofoenus peleciniformis small Smith small Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica extinct Leptofoenus pittfieldae small Michael S. Engel Engel small Dominican Republic Early Mio ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Trombidium rhopalicus image image width image caption regnum Animalia phylum Arthropoda classis Arachnida subclassis Acari superordo Acariformes Trombidiformes taxobox code can t handle this an unranked group between superorder and order ordo Parasitengona familia Trombidiidae genus Trombidium species T. rhopalicus binomial Trombidium rhopalicus binomial authority Vercammen Grandjean & Popp, 1967 range map range map width 240px synonyms Atomus rhopalicus Trombidium rhopalicus is a species of mite in the genus Trombidium in the family Trombidiidae . It is found in Germany . The larvae of this species are ectoparasite s on the Pteromalidae pteromalid wasp Rhopalicus tutela , which itself is a parasite of bark beetle s. References Synopsis of the described Arachnida of the World http insects.tamu.edu research collection hallan acari Family Trombidiidae.txt Trombidiidae Further reading aut Vercammen Grandjean, P.H. & Popp, E. 1967 Atomus rhopalicus n. sp., a parasite of Rhopalicus tutela Walker Hymenoptera , from Germany Trombidiidae Acarina . Opuscula Zool. 95 . Category Trombidiidae Trombidiformes stub ... more details
Taxobox name Catolaccus grandis image Female Catolaccus grandis wasp.jpg 280px image caption Catolaccus grandis status regnum Animalia phylum Arthropoda classis Insecta ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Pteromalidae genus Catolaccus species C. grandis Catolaccus grandis is a parasitic wasp native to southeastern Mexico. Its natural hosts are the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis and the closely related Anthonomus hunteri . Its predation of the boll weevil, an economically significant pest of cotton , has led to its use as a Biological pest control biological control in the US. References http www.biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu parasitoids catolaccus.htm Catolaccus grandis Burks . Cornell University . Accessed 2011 11 08. http eol.org pages 848963 overview Catolaccus grandis . Encyclopedia of Life . Accessed 2011 11 08. Category Hymenoptera of North America Category Biological pest control agents wasp stub ... more details
Taxobox image Leptofoenus pittfieldae male rotated.JPG image caption The only specimen of Leptofoenus pittfieldae regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Pteromalidae subfamilia Leptofoeninae genus Leptofoenus species L. pittfieldae binomial Leptofoenus pittfieldae binomial authority Michael S. Engel Engel , 2009 Leptofoenus pittfieldae is an extinct species of wasp in the family Pteromalidae known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola . ref name Engel2009 cite journal last1 Engel first1 M.S. year 2005 title The first fossil leptofoenine wasp Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic journal ZooKeys volume 13 pages 57 66 doi 10.3897 zookeys.13.159 ref ref name IVMcP1996 cite journal last1 Iturralde Vinent first1 M.A. coauthor MacPhee, R.D.E. year 1996 title Age and Paleogeographical Origin of Dominican Amber journal Science volume 273 pages 1850 1852 doi 10.1126 science.273.5283.1850 issue 5283 ref The species is known from a single convert 8.8 mm in male specimen excavated from the La Toca mine group northeast of Santiago de los Caballeros in 2008 and deposited in the Insect Fossil Collection at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum in Lawrence, Kansas , where it was studied and described by Dr. Michael S. Engel . ref name Engel2009 The species name pittfieldae honors Ms. Morgan Pittfield, niece of the specimen donor. ref name Engel2009 L. pittfieldae is the only member of Leptofoenus in the fossil record. ref name Engel2009 Despite the large quantities of amber examined from the Dominican Republic no additional specimens of Leptofoenus pittfieldae have been found. This may indicate that L. pittfieldae was uncommon in the Miocene, much like the five living species in this genus are uncommon today. ref name Engel2009 No living species of Leptofoenus are documented in t ... more details
Taxobox image image width regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo beetle Coleoptera familia Curculionidae genus Anthonomus species A. eugenii binomial Anthonomus eugenii binomial authority Cano The pepper weevil Anthonomus eugenii feeds and lays eggs on the genus Capsicum and a few species of Solanum Solanaceae . ref cite web url http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 117984875 abstract author K. M. Addesso, H. J. McAuslane, P. A. Stansly & D. J. Schuster title Host marking by female pepper weevils, Anthonomus eugenii publisher Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata date 2007 ref It is an important pest of Capsicum in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Central America. ref name Schuster cite web url http www.ingentaconnect.com content tandf cbst 2007 00000017 00000004 art00002 title Suppression of Anthonomus eugenii Coleoptera Curculionidae pepper fruit infestation with releases of Catolaccus hunteri Hymenoptera Pteromalidae publisher Biocontrol Science and Technology, Volume 17, Number 4, 2007 , pp. 345 351 7 author Schuster, David J. ref Life history Catolaccus hunteri Crawford is a parasitoid that preys on A. eugenii in Florida. ref name Schuster References reflist Curculionidae stub Category Curculionidae vi Pepper weevil ... more details
Taxobox image Nasoniavit.jpg image caption Nasonia vitripennis regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera familia Pteromalidae subfamilia Pteromalinae genus Nasonia genus authority William Harris Ashmead Ashmead , 1904 synonyms Mormoniella small Ashmead, 1904 small subdivision ranks Species subdivision Nasonia giraulti br Nasonia longicornis br Nasonia vitripennis Nasonia are a genus of small Pteromalidae pteromalid parasitoid wasp s that sting and lay eggs in the pupae of various flies. The fly species that Nasonia usually parasitize are primarily Calliphoridae blowflies and fleshflies, making Nasonia a useful tool for biocontrol of these pest flies. The wasps are small, pinhead sized, and also referred to as jewel wasps . The wasp genus has acquired genes from the Pox virus and from Wolbachia in less than 100,000 years. ref name sfgate http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f c a 2010 01 14 BAPE1BH5V9.DTL Tiny wasp with potential for big impact , SFGate, David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor. ref There are currently four described species in the Nasonia genus, N. vitripennis , N. longicornis , N. giraulti , and N. oneida . N. vitripennis is found worldwide N. giraulti is found in eastern North America and N. longicornis is found in western North America. Genomics In 2010 the Nasonia genome was announced after work over four years by an international consortium of research groups financed by the National Human Genome Research Institute . ref name sfgate ref Citation last The Nasonia Genome Working Group first author link last2 first2 author2 link publication date date 15 January year 2010 title Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species edition volume 327 series 5963 publication place place publisher pages 343 348 page id isbn doi 10.1126 science.1178028 oclc url http www.sciencemag.org cgi content full 327 5963 343 accessdate 2010 01 15 issue 5963 ref It is expected that the discovery wil ... more details
Andr Latreille Latreille , 1809 small Pteromalidae small Johan Wilhelm Dalman Dalman , 1820 small ... fused with existing families. The most problematic, the Pteromalidae, is, in some classifications ... more details
year 1884 publisher G.S. Davis pages 7 ref Control In South Africa at least, the Pteromalidae Pteromalid ... Hymenoptera Pteromalidae on reproductive potential and vegetative growth of the weed ... more details
Taxobox name Fig wasps image Blastophaga psenes.jpg 220px image caption Blastophaga psenes regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Agaonidae subdivision ranks Subfamilies subdivision Agaoninae Epichrysomallinae Otitesellinae Sycoecinae Sycophaginae Sycoryctinae Fig wasps are wasp s of the family Agaonidae which pollination pollinate ficus fig s or are otherwise associated with figs, a coevolution al relationship that has been developing for at least 80 million years. ref Ross Piper Piper, Ross 2007 , Extraordinary Animals An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals , Greenwood Press publisher Greenwood Press . ref They have been seen to fly farther than any known pollen bearing insect, and in some regions of the world where wind can gust at up to convert 30 km h mph , they can travel downwind approximately 100 miles in their 48 hour lifespan. ref http www.guardian.co.uk science 2009 nov 23 fig wasp insect ref The family as presently defined is polyphyletic , including several unrelated lineages whose similarities are based upon their shared association with figs efforts are underway to resolve the matter, and remove a number of constituent groups to other families, particularly the Pteromalidae and Torymidae . Thus, the number of genera in the family is in flux. Probably only the Agaoninae should be regarded as belonging to the Agaonidae, whilst the Sycoecinae , Otitesellinae and Sycoryctinae should be included in the Pteromalidae. Placement of the Sycophaginae and Epichrysomallinae remains uncertain. Image Blastophaga psenes2.png thumb left Among the Agaonidae, the female is a normal insect, while the males are mostly wingless. The males only tasks are to mate with the females while still within the fig syconium and to chew a hole for the females to escape from the fig interior. This is the reverse of Strepsiptera and the bagworm , where the male is a normal insect and the female ne ... more details
buds are available. Image Female Catolaccus grandis wasp.jpg thumb left A female Pteromalidae Catolaccus ... a guide to Natural Enemies in North America title Catolaccus grandis Burks Hymenoptera Pteromalidae ... more details
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