FIGITIDAE Hartig, 1840
(a family of insect endoparasitoid wasps)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
CHARIPINAE psylloid endoparasite wasps					Subfamily	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
FIGITINAE a subfamily of sarcophagid endoparasitoid wasps					Subfamily			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	FIGITIDAE (a family of insect endoparasitoid wasps)
Superfamily	CYNIPOIDEA (cynipoid parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

FIGITIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Fergusson, N.D.M.	1986	Hymenoptera Cynipoidea: Charipidae, Ibaliidae & Figitidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 8. Part 1c, 55pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

CYNIPOIDEA
(cynipoid parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for FIGITIDAE (a family of insect endoparasitoid wasps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 34 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for FIGITIDAE (a family of insect endoparasitoid wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

FIGITIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)