| Polynema | |
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| Polynema sagittaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Mymaridae |
| Genus: | Polynema Haliday, 1833 [1] |
Polynema is a genus of fairyflies or fairy wasps, insects in the family Mymaridae. [2]
Polynema includes over 200 species of fairyfly. [2] [3] [4]
Species include:
Chalcid wasps are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera. The superfamily contains some 22,500 known species, and an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning the vast majority have yet to be discovered and described. The name "chalcid" is often confused with the name "chalcidid", though the latter refers strictly to one constituent family, the Chalcididae, rather than the superfamily as a whole; accordingly, most recent publications (e.g.,) use the name "chalcidoid" when referring to members of the superfamily.
Alexander Henry Haliday was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Thysanoptera, but worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.
The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100 genera with 1,400 species.
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Arescon is a genus of fairyflies. It contains the following species:
Tinkerbella is a genus of fairy wasps, containing the single species Tinkerbella nana from Costa Rica. It is one of the smallest known flying arthropods and belongs to the family Mymaridae. The smallest flying arthropod known was Megaphragma caribea, a trichogrammatid wasp 170 micrometres long, until the discovery of the mymarid Kikiki huna, 150 micrometres long.
Anagrus incarnatus is a species of fairyfly. It is an egg parasitoid of Cicadella viridis, several genera and species of Delphacidae (Hemiptera), and also Orthotylus virescens. It's native to the Palearctic.
Anagrus armatus is a species of fairyfly. It has been found in Florida and Puerto Rico.
Gonatocerus tuberculifemur is a species of fairyfly. It is an egg parasitoid of Tapajosa rubromarginata, a leafhopper.
Anaphes nitens is a species of fairyfly, a chalcid wasp in the family Mymaridae. Native to Australia, it is an egg parasitoid of the gum tree snout beetle, a pest of Eucalyptus trees, and has been used in biological pest control of that species.
Anagrus is a genus of fairyflies, in the family Mymaridae, comprising over 90 species, a number of which are employed as biocontrol agents. They come in a wide array of colors such as, brown, orange, black and pale. For classificatory purposes, the genus is divided into three subgenera Anagrella, Anagrus and Paranagrus. The adults lay eggs on the host, mainly Hemiptera, with a few using Odonata as hosts.
Polynema howardii is a species of fairyflies or fairy wasps, insects in the family Mymaridae. It has a Nearctic distribution.
Telenomus is a genus of parasitoid wasps from the subfamily Telenominae. The genus was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833. Species in this genus parasitise the eggs or immature stages of other insects.
Adelius is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae, first described in 1833 by Alexander Henry Haliday.
Mymar is a genus of fairyflies in the family Mymaridae. There are about 10 described species in Mymar.
Anaphes is a genus of fairyflies belonging to the family Mymaridae. It was first described by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833.
Polynema striaticorne is a species of fairyfly. It parasitizes the eggs of the Buffalo treehopper.
Acmopolynema is a genus of fairyflies within the family Mymaridae.
Anagroidea is a genus of fairyflies within the family Mymaridae. There are currently 5 species assigned to the genus.
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