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Cynipoidea
Sign in to saveThe Cynipoidea are a moderate-sized hymenopteran superfamily that presently includes seven extant families and three extinct families, though others have been recognized in the past. The most familiar members of the group are phytophagous, especially as gall-formers, though the actual majority of included species are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids. They are typically glossy, dark, smooth wasps with somewhat compressed bodies and somewhat reduced wing venation. It is common for various metasomal segments to be fused in various ways (often diagnostic for families or subfamilies), and the petiol
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Царство: Животные Подцарство: Эуметазои Без ранга: Двусторонне-симметричные Без ранга: Первичноротые Без ранга: Линяющие Без ранга: Panarthropoda Тип: Членистоногие Подтип: Трахейнодышащие Надкласс: Шестиногие Класс: Насекомые Подкласс: Крылатые насекомые Инфракласс: Новокрылые насекомые Клада: Насекомые с полным превращением Надотряд: Hymenopterida Отряд: Перепончатокрылые Подотряд: Стебельчатобрюхие Надсемейство: Орехотворки Международное научное название Cynipoidea Latreille, 1802 Систематикана ВикивидахИзображенияна Викискладе ITIS 154025NCBI 40307EOL 7494FW 213874 Орехотворки, или цинипоидные (лат. Cynipoidea), — надсемейство насекомых подотряда стебельчатобрюхих отряда перепончатокрылых, включающее мельчайших представителей всего класса насекомых. Включает около 3 000 описанных видов (потенциально существует до 20 тыс. видов), распространенных по всему миру. Половина из них это фитофаги-орехотворки, а другие — паразитоиды. Большинство видов мелкие и даже микроскопические (от 1 до 8 мм). Содержание 1 Распространение 2 Биология 3 Выделение шёлка 4 Генетика 5 Систематика 5.1 Семейства 6 Литература 7 Примечания 8 Ссылки Распространение Встречаются всесветно. В Афротропике более 3
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 149
- With media
- 7
- Collections
- UCSB, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
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The Cynipoidea are a moderate-sized hymenopteran superfamily that presently includes seven extant families and three extinct families, though others have been recognized in the past. The most familiar members of the group are phytophagous, especially as gall-formers, though the actual majority of included species are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids. They are typically glossy, dark, smooth wasps with somewhat compressed bodies and somewhat reduced wing venation. It is common for various metasomal segments to be fused in various ways (often diagnostic for families or subfamilies), and the petiole is very short, when present .
With the exception of the Cynipidae (the gall wasps), it is a poorly known group as a whole, though there are nearly 3000 known species in total, and a great many species are still undescribed, mostly in the Figitidae. Each of the constituent families differs in biology, though life histories of one of the families (Liopteridae) are still largely unknown. In July 2020, an identification key for the superfamily was published, enabling identification to the family/tribe level. Several groups formerly included in Cynipidae were elevated to family status in 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cynipoidea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.