Spalangiidae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Spalangiidae
Genus
Species
Scientific Name
Spalangiidae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Spalangiidae

Spalangiidae is a family of chalcid wasps that are parasitoids of flies. The two subfamilies (Spalangiinae and Erotolepsiinae) were moved from the family Pteromalidae to create this family in 2022. They are now known to be more closely related to the planidial clade (Eucharitidae + Perilampidae + Chrysolampidae + Eutrichosomatidae) of chalcid wasps than to the core Pteromalidae.

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