PTEROMALINAE Dalman, 1820
(a subfamily of chalcid wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Caenacis inflexa
a chalcid wasp
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 6 images
Cecidostiba
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Cyrtogaster
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Dibrachys
a genus of chalcid wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 15 images 3 ident. refs
Mesopolobus
a genus of chalcid wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 17 images 1 ident. refs
Plutothrix
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Pteromalus
a genus of chalcid wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 4 subtaxa 20 images 2 ident. refs
Spaniopus
a genus of pteromalid wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Sphegigaster
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Toxeuma
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Trigonoderus
a genus of chalcid wasps
Genus 1 ident. refs
Xiphydriophagus meyerinckii
a chalcid wasp
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyPTEROMALINAE (a subfamily of chalcid wasps)
FamilyPTEROMALIDAE (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)

PTEROMALINAE (a subfamily of chalcid wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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