PLATYGASTRIDAE
(a family of chalcid wasps)

PLATYGASTRIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PLATYGASTRIDAE (a family of 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
Species 4 trophisms 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Species 2 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPLATYGASTRIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyPLATYGASTROIDEA (a superfamily of parasitic 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 PLATYGASTRIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buhl, P.N. 1999 A Synopsis of the Platygastridae of Fennoscandia and Denmark (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) Entomofauna: zeitschrift für entomologie Band 20 (3): 17-52.
Vlug, H.J. 1984 The types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Scelionoidea) described by Haliday and Walker and preserved in the National Museum of Ireland and in the British Museum (Natural History). 2. Keys to species, redescriptions, synonymy Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Vol 127: 179-224.
  • Non-british

  • Popovici, O.A., Masner, L., Notton, D.G. & Popovici, M. 2013 A review of Western Palaearctic Amblyscelio and Baryconus (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) Zootaxa Vol 3599 (4): 325-342.

    PLATYGASTRIDAE (a family of 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 PLATYGASTRIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps):

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