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Megastigmidae
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Megastigmidae

Megastigmidae is a family of chalcid wasps in the order Hymenoptera. There are about 12 genera and more than 170 described species in Megastigmidae. Megastigmidae was formerly considered a subfamily of the family Torymidae.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first

Megastigminae

subfamilyMegastigminae

Chromeurytominae

subfamilyChromeurytominae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 857366.