Heydeniidae
Family of wasps
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
Family: | Heydeniidae Hedqvist, 1961 |
Heydeniidae is a family of chalcidoid wasps. In 2022, this family was described based on an analysis of a combination of molecular, morphological, and life history data.[1]
Description
Small wasps; some species have a flattened, elongated pronotum, and expanded profemur. Their antennae have 10 or 11 flagellomeres, including three segments (clavomeres) in the club. The prepectus is ventrally elongated.
Taxonomy
Heydeniidae contains the following genera:[1]
- Heydenia
- Heydeniopsis (extinct)
References
- ^ a b Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chalcidoidea.
- Universal Chalcidoid Database
- Photographs of Afrotropical species on WaspWeb
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Extant Hymenopteran families
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Subclass: Pterygota
- Infraclass: Neoptera
- Superorder: Holometabola
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- See also: Unicalcarida
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