DIAPRIIDAE Halliday, 1833
(diaprioid parasitoid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Ismarus
a genus of parasitoid wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Psilus
a genus of diaprioid parasitoid wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 15 images
Trichopria
a genus of parasitoid wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDIAPRIIDAE (diaprioid parasitoid wasps)
SuperfamilyDIAPRIOIDEA (a superfamily of hymenopterans)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Nixon, G.E.J. 1980 Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Diapriidae (Diapriinae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 3(di), 55pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Nixon, G.E.J. 1957 Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Diapriidae (Belytinae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 3(dii), 107pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Oak Galls

Williams, R. 2010 Oak-galls in Britain 2 volumes, 2010 edition, 229+229pp, Vanellus Publications

DIAPRIIDAE (diaprioid parasitoid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DIAPRIIDAE (diaprioid parasitoid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DIAPRIIDAE (diaprioid parasitoid wasps)
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