EURYTOMIDAE Walker, 1832
(a family of chalcid wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyEURYTOMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Burks, B.D. 1971 A Synopsis of the Genera of the Family Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) Transactions of the American Entomological Society Vol 97 (1): 1-89.
Claridge, M.F. 1961 An advance towards a natural classification of Eurytomid genera (Hym., Chalcidoidea), with particular reference to British forms Transactions of the Society for British Entomology Vol 14 (7): 167-185.

EURYTOMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EURYTOMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 68 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for EURYTOMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
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