Pirenidae
Family of wasps
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Pirenidae is a family of chalcidoid wasps with a cosmopolitan distribution. It was formerly treated as a subfamily within the family Pteromalidae but is now recognized as a distinct family.[1] Members of the family are parasitioid or hyperparasitoid with hosts including Braconidae, Cecidomyiidae, and Coccoidea.[2]
| Pirenidae | |
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| Macroglenes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Pirenidae Haliday, 1844 |
Description
Bodies are 1-2mm long and weakly sclerotized and superficially sculptured.[2] Colors include yellowish, brown, black, and blue metallic.Antenna have a reduced number of flagellomeres.[2]
Genera
The subfamilies and genera of Pirenidae include the following:[1]
- Subfamily Cecidellinae
- Cecidellis
- Subfamily Eriaporinae
- Eunotiscus
- Promuscidea
- Subfamily Euryischiinae
- Euryischia
- Euryischomyia
- Myiocnema
- Subfamily Pireninae
- Ecrizotomorpha
- Keesia
- Lasallea
- Macroglenes
- Papuaglenes
- Petipirene
- Pirene
- Velepirene
- Watshamia
- Zebe
- Subfamily Tridyminae
- Calyconotiscus
- Ecrizotes
- Epiterobia
- Gastrancistrus
- Melancistrus
- Oxyglypta
- Premiscogaster
- Sirovena
- Spathopus
- Spinancistrus
- Tridymus
