Megastigmus Dalman, 1820
(a genus of chalcid wasps)

Megastigmus (a genus of chalcid wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Megastigmus (a genus of chalcid wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMegastigmus (a genus of chalcid wasps)
SubfamilyMEGASTIMINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTORYMIDAE (a family of chalcid wasps)
SuperfamilyCHALCIDOIDEA (chalcid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Megastigmus (a genus of chalcid wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Boucek, Z. 1970 On some British Megastigmus (hym. Torymidae), with a revised key to the west European species Ent. Gazette Vol 21: 265-275.
() Roques, A. & Skrzypczynska, M. 2003 Seed-infesting chalcids of the genus Megastigmus Dalman, 1820 (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) native and introduced to the West Palearctic region: taxonomy, host specificity and distribution Journal of Natural History Vol 37: 127-238.

Megastigmus (a genus of chalcid wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Megastigmus (a genus of chalcid wasps):

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