Pirenidae

Pirenidae
Macroglenes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Pirenidae
Haliday, 1844

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. Members of the family are parasitioid or hyperparasitoid with hosts including Braconidae, Cecidomyiidae, and Coccoidea.

Description

Bodies are 1-2mm long and weakly sclerotized and superficially sculptured. Colors include yellowish, brown, black, and blue metallic.Antenna have a reduced number of flagellomeres.

Genera

The subfamilies and genera of Pirenidae include the following:

References

  1. 1 2 Burks, Roger A.; Mitroiu, Mircea; Fusu, Lucian; et al. (2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/jhr.94.94263. Wikidata Q115923766.
  2. 1 2 3 Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan; Burks, Roger A.; Rasplus, Jean-Yves (2025-02-28), "Pirenidae", in Heraty, John; Woolley, James (eds.), Chalcidoidea of the World, GB: CABI, pp. 558–563, doi:10.1079/9781800623545.0051, ISBN 978-1-80062-352-1, retrieved 2026-02-24

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