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Megastigmus
Megastigmus viggianii
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Megastigmus

Dalman, 1820

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

References

  1. ^ bugguide.net
  2. ^ BioLib.cz
  3. ^ Paulson, AR; von Aderkas, P; Perlman, SJ (25 September 2014). "Bacterial associates of seed-parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Megastigmus)". BMC Microbiol. 14: 224. doi:10.1186/s12866-014-0224-4. PMC 4197294. PMID 25286971.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Roques, Alain; Copeland, Robert S.; Soldati, Laurent; Denux, Olivier; Auger-Rozenberg, Marie-Anne (2016). "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. 585: 51–124. doi:10.3897/zookeys.585.7503. PMC 4857038. PMID 27199604.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)