Dryinidae
| Dryinidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Gonatopus alpinus female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chrysidoidea |
| Family: | Dryinidae Haliday, 1833 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Anteoninae | |
Dryinidae is a cosmopolitan family of solitary wasps. Its name comes from the Greek drys for oak: Latreille named the type genus Dryinus because the first species was collected in an oak plant in Spain. The larvae are parasitoids of the nymphs and adults of Auchenorrhyncha. Dryinidae comprises approximately 1924 described species, distributed in 17 subfamilies and 54 genera.
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