Ismaridae
| Ismaridae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Diaprioidea |
| Family: | Ismaridae Thomson, 1858 |
| Genera | |
Ismaridae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hymenoptera. About 50 species are known in this small relictual group; all the species for which the biology is known appear to be hyperparasitoids that parasitize Dryinidae (that attack leafhoppers).
This lineage was formerly included in the family Diapriidae, as the subfamily Ismarinae, but differ from diapriid wasps by lacking a facial projection from which the antenna arise, and characterized by various degrees of fusion of the metasomal terga. The family historically included another genus, Szelenyioprioides,[2] but it was synonymized with the diapriid genus Spilomicrus.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ | subdivision_ref = "Cretapria". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ^ Liu, J., Chen, H., & Xu, Z. (2011). Notes on the genus Ismarus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) from China. ZooKeys, (108), 49–60. Advance online publication. http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.108.768
- ^ V. Kolyada & V. Chemyreva (2016) Revision Of Species Of The Genus Ismarus Haliday, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea: Ismaridae) Of The Russian Fauna. Far Eastern Entomologist 318: 1-19.
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