The Diapriidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. These tiny insects have an average length of 2–4 mm and never exceed 8 mm. They typically attack larvae and pupae of a wide range of insects, especially flies. The about 2,300 described species in around 200 described genera are divided into three subfamilies, and the group has a global distribution.
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| Aclista | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Diaprioidea |
| Family: | Diapriidae Haliday, 1833 |
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| Diversity | |
| ca. 150 genera | |
Diapriids show considerable diversity of form, with aptery (lack of wings) fairly common, sometimes in both sexes. Nearly all species exhibit noticeable sexual dimorphism, with males and females often mistaken for separate species. The wings, when present, show characteristically reduced venation, with the greatest reduction in the subfamilies Ambositrinae and Diapriinae.
Selected genera
edit- Acanopsilus
- Acanosema
- Acanthopsilus
- Aclista
- Acropiesta
- Anaclista
- Aneurhynchus
- Aneuropria
- Anommatium
- Antropria
- Aprestes
- Atomopria
- Aulacopria
- Auxopaedeutes
- Basalys
- Belyta
- Bruesopria
- Cardiopsilus
- Cerapsilon
- Cinetus
- Coptera
- Cordylocras
- Cyathopria
- Diapria
- Diphora
- Doliopria
- Ecitovagus
- Entomacis
- Erasikea
- Eumiota
- Eunuchopria
- Geodiapria
- Gwaihiria
- †Iberopria[1]
- Idiotypa
- Labidopria
- Labolips
- Lepidopria
- Lyteba
- Macrohynnis
- Maoripria
- Miota
- Monelata
- Myrmecopria
- Neurogalesus
- Opazon
- Oxylabis
- Oxypria
- Pamis
- Panbelista
- Pantoclis
- Pantolyta
- Paramesius
- Paroxylabis
- Pentapria
- Plagiopria
- Platymischus
- Polypeza
- Praeaclista
- Propsilomma
- Psilomma
- Psilommacra
- Psilus
- Rhynchopsilus
- Scorpioteleia
- Solenopsia
- Spilomicrus
- Symphytopria
- Synacra
- Synbelyta
- Tetramopria
- Townesella
- Trichopria
- Valia
- Viennopria
- †Xenomorphia[2]
- Zygota
References
edit- ^ Engel; Ortega-Blanco; Soriano; Grimaldi; Martinez-Delclos (2013). "A new lineage of enigmatic diaprioid wasps in Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3771): 1–23. doi:10.1206/3771.2. hdl:2246/6423. S2CID 54853553.
- ^ van de Kamp, Thomas; Schwermann, Achim H.; dos Santos Rolo, Tomy; Lösel, Philipp D.; Engler, Thomas; Etter, Walter; Faragó, Tomáš; Göttlicher, Jörg; Heuveline, Vincent (2018-08-28). "Parasitoid biology preserved in mineralized fossils". Nature Communications. 9 (1): 3325. Bibcode:2018NatCo...9.3325V. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05654-y. ISSN 2041-1723. PMC 6113268. PMID 30154438.
- Diapriidae page on Tolweb
- Family description
- The Diapriidae
- Family Diapriidae images at EOL
- Flickr Tagged Images
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