Megastigmus

Megastigmus
Megastigmus viggianii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder:
Apocrita
Superfamily:
Chalcidoidea
Family:
Megastigmidae
Genus:
Megastigmus

Dalman, 1820

Megastigmus is a genus of minute wasps.[1][2] There are more than 134 described species, more than half of which undergo larval development within the seeds of trees and shrubs.[3]

  1. ^ bugguide.net
  2. ^ BioLib.cz
  3. ^ Paulson, AR; von Aderkas, P; Perlman, SJ (25 September 2014). "Bacterial associates of seed-parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Megastigmus)". BMC Microbiol. 14: 224. doi:10.1186/s12866-014-0224-4. PMC 4197294. PMID 25286971.