Megastigmus

<i>Megastigmus</i>

Megastigmus

Genus of wasps

Megastigmus is a genus of minute wasps.[1][2] There are more than 134 described species, more than half of which undergo larval development within the seeds of trees and shrubs.[3]

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List of species

  • Megastigmus acaciae Noble, 1939
  • Megastigmus aculeatus (Swederus, 1795)
  • Megastigmus adelaidensis Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus amamoori Girault, 1925
  • Megastigmus amicorum Boucek, 1969
  • Megastigmus asteri Ashmead, 1900
  • Megastigmus atedius Walker, 1851
  • Megastigmus ater (Girault, 1927)
  • Megastigmus banksiae (Girault, 1929)
  • Megastigmus bipunctatus (Swederus, 1795)
  • Megastigmus borriesi Crosby, 1913
  • Megastigmus borus Walker, 1839
  • Megastigmus brachychitoni Froggatt, 1905
  • Megastigmus brachyscelidis Ashmead, 1900
  • Megastigmus brevicaudis Ratzeburg, 1852
  • Megastigmus brevivalvus (Girault, 1926)
  • Megastigmus cecili Girault, 1929
  • Megastigmus copelandi Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus cotoneastri Nikolskaya, 1952
  • Megastigmus cynipedis (Cuvier, 1833)
  • Megastigmus darlingi (Girault, 1940)
  • Megastigmus dorsalis (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Megastigmus drances Walker, 1839
  • Megastigmus duclouxiana Roques & Pan, 1995[5]
  • Megastigmus dumicola Boucek, 1982
  • Megastigmus eucalypti Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus fieldingi Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus flavivariegatus Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus fulvipes (Girault, 1913)
  • Megastigmus fuscicornis Girault, 1913
  • Megastigmus gravis Nikolskaya, 1966
  • Megastigmus grewianae Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus grotiusi Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus helinae Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus herndoni Girault, 1935
  • Megastigmus hilaris Girault, 1929
  • Megastigmus hilli Dodd, 1917
  • Megastigmus hoffmeyeri Walley, 1932
  • Megastigmus iamenus Walker, 1839
  • Megastigmus icipeensis Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus lanneae Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus lasiocarpae Crosby, 1913
  • Megastigmus laventhali Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus likiangensis Roques & Sun, 1995[5]
  • Megastigmus limoni (Girault, 1926)
  • Megastigmus longicauda Girault, 1913
  • Megastigmus maculatipennis (Girault, 1913)
  • Megastigmus melleus Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus mercatori (Girault, 1940)
  • Megastigmus milleri Milliron, 1949
  • Megastigmus nigripropodeum Girault, 1934
  • Megastigmus nigrovariegatus Ashmead, 1890
  • Megastigmus ozoroae Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus pallidiocellus Girault, 1929
  • Megastigmus pascali (Girault, 1933)
  • Megastigmus pergracilis Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus pictus (Förster, 1841)
  • Megastigmus pingii Roques & Sun, 1995[5]
  • Megastigmus pinsapinis Hoffmeyer, 1931
  • Megastigmus pinus Parfitt, 1857
  • Megastigmus pistaciae Walker, 1871
  • Megastigmus quadrifasciativentris Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus quadrisetae Girault, 1927
  • Megastigmus quinquefasciatus Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus quinquesetae (Girault, 1934)
  • Megastigmus rafni Hoffmeyer, 1929
  • Megastigmus rigidae Xu & He, 1998[6]
  • Megastigmus rosae Bouček, 1971
  • Megastigmus schimitscheki Novitzky, 1954
  • Megastigmus sexsetae Girault, 1927
  • Megastigmus sichuanensis Doğanlar & Zheng, 2017[7]
  • Megastigmus smithi Roques & Copeland, 2016[4]
  • Megastigmus speciosus Girault, 1915
  • Megastigmus specularis Walley, 1932
  • Megastigmus spermotrophus Wachtl, 1893
  • Megastigmus stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Megastigmus strobilobius Ratzeburg, 1848
  • Megastigmus sulcicollis Cameron, 1912
  • Megastigmus suspectus Borries, 1895
  • Megastigmus synophri Mayr, 1874
  • Megastigmus tasmaniensis Girault, 1913
  • Megastigmus thyoides Kamijo, 1997[8]
  • Megastigmus tostini Girault, 1934
  • Megastigmus transvaalensis (Hussey, 1956)
  • Megastigmus trisulcatus (Girault, 1915)
  • Megastigmus trisulcus (Girault, 1934)
  • Megastigmus usakensis Doğanlar & Zengin, 2018[9]
  • Megastigmus viggianii Narendran & Sureshan, 1988[10]
  • Megastigmus voltairei (Girault, 1925)
  • Megastigmus wachtli Seitner, 1916
  • Megastigmus walsinghami Girault, 1929

References

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