CHALCIDIDAE Latreille, 1817
(thick-legged chalcid wasps)

CHALCIDIDAE (thick-legged chalcid wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHALCIDIDAE (thick-legged chalcid 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
CHALCIDINAE
a subfamily of hymenopterans
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 4 trophisms 2 references
Microdontomerus anthonomi
a thick-legged chalcid wasp
Species 2 trophisms
Semiotus varians
a thick-legged chalcid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Trichomalopsis leguminis
a thick-legged chalcid wasp
Species 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCHALCIDIDAE (thick-legged 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHALCIDIDAE (thick-legged chalcid wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J. 1958 Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 2 (a), 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

CHALCIDIDAE (thick-legged chalcid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies, 27pp, Ecology of Butterflies in Europe

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CHALCIDIDAE (thick-legged chalcid wasps):

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