Megastigmus Explained
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]
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
Notes and References
- http://bugguide.net/node/view/206660 bugguide.net
- https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id65586/ BioLib.cz
- Bacterial associates of seed-parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Megastigmus) . 25 September 2014 . 4197294 . 25286971 . 10.1186/s12866-014-0224-4 . 14 . BMC Microbiol . 224 . Paulson . AR . von Aderkas . P . Perlman . SJ . free .
- Alain. Roques. Robert S.. Copeland. Laurent. Soldati. Olivier. Denux. Marie-Anne. Auger-Rozenberg. Megastigmus seed chalcids (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) radiated much more on Angiosperms than previously considered. I- Description of 8 new species from Kenya, with a key to the females of Eastern and Southern Africa. ZooKeys. 2016. 585. 51–124. 27199604. 4857038. 10.3897/zookeys.585.7503. free.
- Roques. Alain. Sun. Jiang-Hua. Pan. Yong-Zhi. Zhang. Xu-Dong. Contribution to the knowledge of seed chalcids, Megastigmus spp. (Hymenoptera : Torymidae), in China, with the description of three new species. Journal of the Swiss Entomological Society. 1995. 68. 1–2. 211–223. 10.5169/seals-402594.
- Xu. Zhihong. He. Junhua. Liu. Zhongren. Description on a new species of torymidae (Hymenoptera:chalcidoidea). Entomotaxonomia. 1998. 20. 4. 297–299.
- Doğanlar. Mikdat. Huang. Zong-You. Guo. Chun-Hui. Lu. Wen. Yang. Zhende. Yang. Xiu-Hao. Zheng. Xia-Lin. A NEW SPECIES OF MEGASTIGMUS (HYMENOPTERA: TORYMIDAE: MEGASTIGMINAE) FROM CHINA. Munis Entomology and Zoology Journal. 2017. 12. 2. 368–374.
- Turgeon. J.J.. Kamijo. K.. DeBarr. G.. A new species of Megastigmus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) reared from seeds of Atlantic white cedar (Cupressaceae), with notes on infestation rates. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 1997. 99. 4. 608–613.
- Mikdat. Doğanlar. Erdal. Zengin. A NEW SPECIES OF MEGASTIGMUS (HYMENOPTERA: TORYMIDAE: MEGASTIGMINAE) FROM UŞAK, TURKEY. Munis Entomology and Zoology Journal. 2018. 13. 1. 288–291.
- Narendran. Thekke C.. Sureshan. Pavittu M.. A contribution to our knowledge of Torymidae of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria Filippo Silvestri. 1988. 45. 37–47.
