Parasitica (the parasitican wasps) is an obsolete, paraphyletic infraorder of Apocrita containing the parasitoid wasps.[5] It includes all Apocrita except for the Aculeata. Parasitica has more members as a group than both the Symphyta and the Aculeata combined.[6]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Infraorder: | Parasitica |
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Parasitica also contains groups of phytophagous hymenopterans such as the Cynipoidea (gall wasps).
References
edit- ↑ Terebrantia (Insecta: Thysanoptera). LA Mound, AK Walker, Fauna of New Zealand, 1982
- ↑ Evidence for monophyly and relationships of Chalcidoidea, Mymaridae, and Mymarommatidae (Hymenoptera: Terebrantes). GAP Gibson, The Canadian Entomologist, 1986
- ↑ Das phylogenetische System der Hymenoptera Teil 3:“Terebrantes”(Unterordnung Apocrita). E Königsmann - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1978
- ↑ Espèces nouvelles ou peu connues d'Hyménoptères térébrants. SCS van Vollenhoven, 1879
- ↑ Parasitic Hymenoptera (Parasitica). RL Zuparko, Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2004
- ↑ "Introduction". ParasiteWasp. wikidot. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
External links
edit- Parasitica at bugguide
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