PLATYGASTROIDEA Haliday, 1833
(platygastroid parasitic wasps)

PLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic 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
Calotelea
(a genus of parasitic wasps)
Genus 1 references
PLATYGASTRIDAE
platygastrid wasps
Family 10 subtaxa 8 trophisms 11 references
SCELIONIDAE
scelionid wasps
Family 4 subtaxa 1 trophisms 10 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilyPLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic 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 PLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hackston, M. 2017 Family Proctotrupidae, key to British genus and species https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/Home/hymenoptera/apocrita-parasitica/keys-to-superfamily-platygastroidea

Key To Families

Hackston, M. *** Key to the UK families of Proctotrupoidea and Platygastroidea ***(Superseded) https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/Home/hymenoptera/apocrita-parasitica/keys-to-superfamily-platygastroidea

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.

PLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buhl, P.N., Broad, G.R. & Notton, D.G. 2016 Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Platygastroidea Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7991.
O’Connor, J.P., Nash, R., Notton, D.G. & Fergusson, N.D.M. 2004 A catalogue of the Irish Platygastroidea and Proctotrupoidea (Hymenoptera) Occasional Publication of the Irish Biogeographical Society No 7.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to PLATYGASTROIDEA (platygastroid parasitic wasps):

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