CHALCIDOIDEA
(chalcid wasps)

CHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHALCIDOIDEA (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
Family 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms 2 references
Family 7 subtaxa 9 trophisms 4 references
Family 1 references
Family 14 subtaxa 17 trophisms 3 references
Family 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Family 43 subtaxa 102 trophisms 31 references
Family 8 subtaxa 36 trophisms 7 references
Family 29 subtaxa 68 trophisms 6 references
Family 1 subtaxa 4 trophisms 2 references
Species 1 trophisms
Family 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 2 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Family 5 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
Family 72 subtaxa 148 trophisms 29 references
Family 12 subtaxa 32 trophisms 7 references
Family 6 subtaxa 22 trophisms 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid 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 CHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Grissell, E. & Schauff, M.E. 1990 A handbook of the families of Nearctic Chalcidoidea 85pp, Entomological Society of Washington (Washington, D.C.)
Williams, R. 2010 Oak-galls in Britain 2 volumes, 2010 edition, 229+229pp, Vanellus Publications
  • Family Key

  • Hackston, M. A key to the British famiilies of superfamily Chalcidoidea
  • Family Keys

  • Universal Chalcidoidea Database A key to the families of Chalcidoidea and Mymaromatoidea www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/keys1_14.html
    () Yoshimoto, C.M. 1984 The Families and Subfamilies of Canadian Chalcidoid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 12, 149pp, Biosystematics Research Institute Ottawa, Ontario
  • Gall Inhabitants/Diplolepis

  • Williams, R., & Randolph, S. 2006 Key to identification of adult insects which may emerge from Diplolepis rosae galls in Britain
  • Oak Cynipid Parasitoids

  • () Askew, R.R. & Thúroczy, C. 2018
  • Plant Galls

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

    CHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps):

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