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Overview

This group of wasps contains 22,000 known species, many of which are of major economic importance.

Index

Families

• Agaonidae - fig wasps
• Aphelinidae
• Chalcididae - chalcidids
• Elasmidae
• Encyrtidae - encyrtids
• Eucharitidae - eucharitids
• Eulophidae - eulophids
• Eupelmidae - eupelmids
• Eurytomidae - eurytomids, seed chalcids
• Leucospidae - leucospidids
• Mymaridae - fairyflies
• Mymarommatidae
• Ormyridae - ormyrids
• Perilampidae - perilampids
• Pteromalidae - pteromalids
• Rotoitidae
• Signiphoridae
• Tanaostigmatidae - tanaostigmatids
• Tetracampidae
• Torymidae - torymids
• Trichogrammatidae - trichogrammatids

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Phylogeny

Taxonomic Category Scientific Name Common Name Phylum Arthropoda Arthropods Class Insecta Insects Order Hymenoptera Hymenoptera Superfamily Chalcidoidea Chalcids

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Links to other sites

• Natural History Museum - database of taxonomy, identification, and natural history

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