Figitidae is a family of tiny wasp

Wasp

The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...

s with a worldwide distribution. There are currently about 1400 described species in 126 genera although many taxa undoubtedly await discovery. In contrast to most cynipoids

Cynipoidea

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, which are gall

Gall

Galls or cecidia are outgrowths on the surface of lifeforms caused by invasion by other lifeforms, such as parasites or bacterial infection. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues and can be caused by various parasites, from fungi and bacteria, to insects and mites...

-inducing phytophage

Herbivore

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s, these insects are parasitoid

Parasitoid

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s, the larva

Larva

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e feeding internally on the larvae of other insects. Flies

Fly

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 are the commonest hosts but Neuroptera

Neuroptera

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 and other Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera

Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...

 are also targeted by various species.

Systematics

This list of Figitidae taxa is incomplete.

• Anacharitinae

• Aegilips
  Aegilips
  Aegilips is an Ancient Greek name of an island in the Ionian Sea, near Ithaca. In Homer's Iliad, book II, Aegilips is part of Odysseus's kingdom. Some researchers, including Wilhelm Dörpfeld estimate that Aegilips is present day island of Meganisi....
  
  
• Anacharis Dalman, 1823

• Anacharis ensifer Walker, 1835
• Anacharis eucharoides Dalman, 1823
• Anacharis immunis Walker, 1835
• Anacharis rotiventris (Hartig, 1840)
• Anacharis tincta Walker, 1835
• Anacharis typica Walker, 1835

• Xyalaspis
  • Aspicerinae
• Aspicera
• Callaspidia Dahlbom, 1842

• Callaspidia dufouri Giraud, 1860

• Omalaspis
  • Charipinae
  • Alloxystini
• Alloxysta Foerster, 1869

• Alloxysta brachyptera (Hartig, 1840)
• Alloxysta circumscripta (Hartig, 1841)
• Alloxysta crassa (Cameron, 1889)
• Alloxysta cursor (Hartig, 1840)
• Alloxysta curvata (Kieffer, 1902)
• Alloxysta flavicornis (Hartig, 1841)
• Alloxysta fracticornis (Thomson, 1862)
• Alloxysta macrophadna (Hartig, 1841)
• Alloxysta minuta (Hartig, 1840)
• Alloxysta victrix (Westwood, 1833)

• Hemicrisis
• Phaenoglyphis
  • Charipini
• Apocharips
• Dilyta
  • Eucoilinae
• Aganaspis
• Chrestosema
• Cothonaspis Hartig, 1840

• Cothonaspis albipennis (Thomson, 1862)
• Cothonaspis giraudi (Dalla Torre et Kieffer, 1910)
• Cothonaspis nigricornis Kieffer, 1902

• Didyctium
• Diglyphosema Foerster, 1869

• Diglyphosema punctata Kieffer, 1901

• Disorygma Foerster, 1869

• Disorygma divulgata Foerster, 1869

• Eucoila Westwood, 1833

• Eucoila maculata Hartig, 1841

• Eutrias
• Ganaspis
• Glauraspidia
• Gronotoma
• Hexacola
• Kleidotoma Westwood, 1833

• Kleidotoma brevicornis Thomson, 1862
• Kleidotoma caledonica (Cameron, 1888)
• Kleidotoma erythropus Thomson, 1877
• Kleidotoma formicaria (Kieffer, 1902)
• Kleidotoma striaticollis (Cameron, 1888)

• Leptopilina
• Microstilba Foerster, 1869

• Microstilba tibialis Kieffer, 1901

• Mirandicola
• Moritiella Buffington, 2006
• Nordlanderiana
• Odontosema
• Rhoptromeris Foerster, 1869

• Rhoptromeris graciliclava (Kieffer, 1902)

• Trichoplasta
• Trybliographa Foerster, 1869

• Trybliographa rapae (Westwood, 1835)
• Trybliographa simulatrix (Ruthe, 1859)
• Trybliographa thomsoni (Kieffer, 1901)
  • Figitinae

• Amphitectus
• Figites Latreille, 1802

• Figites anthomyiarum Bouché, 1834
• Figites erythropus (Walker, 1835)
• Figites scutellaris (Rossi, 1794)
• Figites susterai P. Masner, 1965

• Homorus
• Lonchidia Thomson, 1862

• Lonchidia clavicornis Thomson, 1862
• Lonchidia lisonota Thomson, 1862

• Melanips Giraud, 1860

• Melanips granulatus (Hartig, 1841)
• Melanips opacus (Hartig, 1840)
• Melanips parvus (Hartig, 1840)

• Sarothrus Hartig, 1840

• Sarothrus areolatus Hartig, 1840
• Sarothrus haemiscutellaris P. Masner, 1964
• Sarothrus longitarsus (Reinhard, 1860)
• Sarothrus tibialis (Zetterstedt, 1838)

• Seitneria
• Trischiza
• Xyalophora
• Zygosis
  • Parnipinae
• Parnips
  Parnips
  Parnips is a genus of the family Figitidae, order Hymenoptera....
  
  
  • Euceroptrinae
• Euceroptres Ashmead, 1896