MEGASTIMINAE Thomson, 1876
(a subfamily of hymenopterans)

MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Bootanomyia dorsalis
a chalcid wasp
Species 3 trophisms
Bootanomyia stigmatizans
a chalcid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Megastigmus
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyMEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTORYMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid 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 MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Verheyde, F., Ulenberg, S., Meijer, H., Hoekstra, P., De Ketelaere, A. & Roques, A. 2023 Review of the Megastigmidae in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Osmia: Revue d’Hyménoptérologie (Journal of Hymenopterology) Vol 11: 65-80.

MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of MEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
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