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Checklist for Superfamily Chalcidoidea Latreille, 1817 (Chalcid Wasps)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
388
4495
12408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
385
4491
12404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
368
4385
12052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
234
3464
10323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
45
439
1153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
435
1149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Parasitica
Hartig, 1837
Parasitic Apocrita, Parasitic wasps, Parasitoid wasps
23
199
326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Chalcidoidea
Latreille, 1817
Chalcid Wasps, Chalcidoid wasps, Chalcidoids
14
77
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nigeria
14 Families width 134 Species
Encyrtidae Walker, 1837Encyrtid wasps35SpeciesTaxom
Agaonidae Walker, 1848Fig wasp25SpeciesTaxom
Eupelmidae Walker, 1833Eupelmid wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Eulophidae Westwood, 1829Eulophid wasps26SpeciesTaxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820Pteromalid wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Chalcididae Latreille, 1817Chalcidid wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Signiphoridae Howard, 1894Signiphorid waps2SpeciesTaxom
Eucharitidae Latreille, 1809Eucharitid wasp3SpeciesTaxom
Torymidae Walker, 1833Apple seed chalcids6SpeciesTaxom
Aphelinidae Thomson, 1876Aphelinid wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Eurytomidae Walker, 1832Eurytomid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Trichogrammatidae Haliday, 1851Trichogrammatid wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Leucospidae Fabricius, 1775Leucospid wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Perilampidae Latreille, 1809Perilampid waps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
77 Genera with 134 Species
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Aethognathus Silvestri, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Agaon Dalman, 19899SpeciesTaxom
Alfonsiella Waterston, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Allotriozoon Grandi, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Aloencyrtus Prinsloo, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Anagyrus Howard, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Anastatus Motschulsky, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Apocrypta Coquerel, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Apoleptomastix Kerrich, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Aprostocetus Westwood, 19514SpeciesTaxom
Austroterobia Girault, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Blepyrus Howard, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Brachymeria Westwood, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Callipteroma Motschulsky, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Ceratosolen Mayr, 02SpeciesTaxom
Chartocerus Motschulsky, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Cheiloneurus Westwood, 18202SpeciesTaxom
Cherianella Narendran, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Chrysochalcissa Girault, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Clausenia Ishii, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Courtella Kieffer, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Dinarmus Thomson, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Dirhinus Dalman, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Encarsia Förster, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Encyrtus Latreille, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Eniacomorpha Girault, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Eretmocerus Haldeman, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Eulophomorpha Dodd, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Eupelmus Dalman, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Euplectrus Westwood, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Eurytoma Illiger, 1807
0SpeciesTaxom
Exoristobia Ashmead, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Gyranusoidea Compere, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Herbertia Hübner, 1825
0SpeciesTaxom
Hockeria Walker, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Homalotylus Mayr, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Incisencyrtus Prinsloo, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Janicharis Gumovsky & D..., 02SpeciesTaxom
Kapala Cameron, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Kyuwia Pinto & George, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Laelaps C.L.Koch, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lathromeris Förster, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Leptomastidea Mercet, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Leptomastix Förster, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Leucospis Fabricius, 1974Leucospid Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Marietta Motschoulsky, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Mesocomys Cameron, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Mesopolobus Westwood, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Micrapion Kriechbaumer, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Monacon Waterston, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Monstranusia Trjapitzin, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Neanastatus Girault, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Nesolynx Ashmead, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Nigeriella Wiebes, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Notanisomorphella Girault, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Ooencyrtus Ashmead, 19515SpeciesTaxom
Palachia Boucek, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Paracarotomus Ashmead, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Paragaon Joseph, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Parasaphodes Schulz, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Paratetracnemoidea Girault, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Parzaommomyia Girault, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Pediobius Walker, 19518SpeciesTaxom
Philotrypesis Förster, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Plutarchia Girault, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Podagrion Spinola, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Prochiloneurus Silvestri, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotorymus Masi, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Psyllaephagus Ashmead, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Schizocharis Kerrich, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Spalangia Latreille, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Sycoecus Waterston, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Tetrastichus Walker, 19134SpeciesTaxom
Timioderus Waterston, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Tremblaya Trjapitzin, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Trichogrammatoidea Girault, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Tropidophryne Compere, 19392SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
134 Species
Aethognathus unicolor Subba Rao, 1973
Agaon armatum (Wiebes, 1974)⇒ Courtella armata Wiebes, 1974
Agaon baliolum Wiebes, 1974
Agaon bispinosum (Risbec, 1956)⇒ Courtella bekiliensis Risbec, 1956
Agaon kiellandi Wiebes, 1974
Agaon medleri (Wiebes, 1972)⇒ Courtella medleri Wiebes, 1972
Agaon megalopon Wiebes, 1976
Agaon megalopos
Agaon spatulatum Wiebes, 1968
Agaon taiense Wiebes, 1989
Alfonsiella longiscapa Joseph, 1959
Allotriozoon heterandromorphum Grandi, 1916
Allotriozoon nigeriense Wiebes, 1974
Allotriozoon prodigiosum Grandi, 1916
Aloencyrtus coelops Waterston, 1917
Anagyrus lopezi De Santis, 1964
Anastatus hemipterae Risbec, 1951
Anastatus viridiceps Waterston, 1915
Anastatus vuilleti Crawford, 1912
Apocrypta crypta Ulenberg, 1985
Apocrypta guineensis Grandi, 1916
Apoleptomastix bicoloricornis Girault, 1915
Aprostocetus (Aprostocetus) roseveari Ferriere, 1931
Aprostocetus (Aprostocetus) salebrosus Robinson, 1962
Aprostocetus lamiicidus Kerrich, 1963
Aprostocetus procerae Risbec, 1951
Austroterobia iceryae Boucek, 2004
Austroterobia noyesi Mitroiu, 2017
Blepyrus insularis Cameron, 1886Parasitoid wasp
Brachymeria albicrus Klug, 1834
Brachymeria cowani Kirby, 1883
Brachymeria eublemmae Steffan, 1951
Brachymeria feae Masi, 1929
Brachymeria kivuensis Schmitz, 1946
Brachymeria olethria Waterston, 1914
Callipteroma sexguttata Motschulsky, 1863
Callipteroma testacea Motschulsky, 1863
Ceratosolen (Ceratosolen) acutatus Mayr, 1906
Ceratosolen armatum
Chartocerus (Matritia) hyalipennis Hayat, 1970
Chartocerus subaeneus Förster, 1878
Cheiloneurus cyanonotus Waterston, 1917
Cheiloneurus elegans Dalman, 1820
Cherianella rudis Heraty, 2002
Chrysochalcissa afra Boucek, 1978
Clausenia confusor Kerrich, 1967
Clausenia guineensis Kerrich, 1967
Courtella armata Wiebes, 1974
Courtella bekiliensis Risbec, 1956
Courtella medleri Wiebes, 1972
Dinarmus basalis Rondani, 1877Wasp
Dirhinus ehrhorni Silvestri, 1913
Encarsia guadeloupae Viggiani, 1987Parasitoid wasp
Encarsia parvella Silvestri, 1915
Encyrtus sacchari Annecke, 1963
Eniacomorpha ehrhorni Silvestri, 1913
Eretmocerus diversiciliatus Silvestri, 1915
Eulophomorpha flavicornis Dodd, 1915
Eupelmus vuilleti Crawford, 1913
Euplectrus laphygmae Ferriere, 1941
Euplectrus medanensis Crawford, 1911
Exoristobia dipterae Risbec, 1951
Gyranusoidea tebygi Noyes, 1988
Hockeria micans Waterston, 1915
Hockeria schulthessi Ferriere, 1935
Homalotylus africanus Timberlake, 1919
Incisencyrtus sirus Prinsloo, 1988
Janicharis africana Gumovsky & D..., 2006
Janicharis africanus
Kapala ivorensis Risbec, 1954
Kyuwia zuria Pinto & George, 2004
Laelaps muricola
Lathromeris ovicida Risbec, 1956
Leptomastidea abnormis Girault, 1915Mealybug parasite
Leptomastidea jeanneli (Mercet, 1924)⇒ Leptomastidea abnormis Girault, 1915
Leptomastidea lamto Prinsloo, 2001
Leptomastix dactylopii Howard, 1885Citrus mealybug parasite
Leptomastix tsukumiensis Tachikawa, 1963
Leucospis parvula Boucek, 1974
Marietta leopardina Motschulsky, 1863Cryptic Fritillary
Mesocomys pulchriceps Cameron, 1905
Mesopolobus mesostenus Graham, 1969
Micrapion biimpressum Boucek, 1974
Micrapion punctulatum Boucek, 1974
Monacon latispina Boucek, 1980
Monstranusia antennata Narayanan, 1960
Neanastatus africanus Ferriere, 1938
Nesolynx glossinae Waterston, 1915
Nesolynx phaeosoma Waterston, 1915
Nigeriella avicola Wiebes, 1975
Nigeriella fusciceps Wiebes, 1974
Notanisomorphella borborica Giard, 1903
Ooencyrtus afer Prinsloo, 1987
Ooencyrtus bambeyi Risbec, 1954
Ooencyrtus kuvanae Howard, 1910Wasp
Ooencyrtus rigemae Risbec, 1951
Ooencyrtus utetheisae Risbec, 1951
Palachia medleri Boucek, 1978
Palachia oculata Boucek, 1978
Paracarotomus cephalotes Ashmead, 1894
Paragaon perplexum Joseph, 1959
Parasaphodes afer Mitroiu, 2017
Paratetracnemoidea malenotti Mercet, 1918
Parzaommomyia africana Gumovsky & U..., 2002
Pediobius acraconae Kerrich, 1973
Pediobius afronigripes Kerrich, 1973
Pediobius amaurocoelus Waterston, 1915
Pediobius clinognathus Waterston, 1915
Pediobius foveolatus Crawford, 1912Wasp
Pediobius furvus Gahan, 1928Wasp
Pediobius nigeriensis Silvestri, 1915
Pediobius vignae Risbec, 1951
Philotrypesis africana Grandi, 1921
Plutarchia giraulti Subba Rao, 1974
Podagrion enei (Westwood, 1847)⇒ Podagrion klugianum Westwood, 1847
Podagrion klugianum Westwood, 1847
Prochiloneurus aegyptiacus Mercet, 1929
Prochiloneurus bolivari Mercet, 1919
Prochiloneurus insolitus Silvestri, 1915
Pseudotorymus leguminosae Risbec, 1951
Psyllaephagus phytolymae Ferriere, 1931
Schizocharis newbyi Kerrich, 1969
Spalangia afra Silvestri, 1913
Sycoecus medleri van Noort, 1993
Tetrastichus atriclavus Waterston, 1915
Tetrastichus giffardianus Silvestri, 1915Parasitoid wasp
Tetrastichus giffardii Silvestri, 1913
Tetrastichus oxyurus Silvestri, 1913
Timioderus coronula Heraty, 1994
Tremblaya coffeicola Noyes, 2004
Trichogrammatoidea eldanae Viggiani, 1979
Trichogrammatoidea lutea Girault, 1911Wasp
Tropidophryne africana Compere, 1931
Tropidophryne natalensis Compere, 1939

Subnodes of Chalcidoidea with occurrences in Nigeria
FamilyAgaonidae
Walker, 1848
fig wasp, Fig wasps
10
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAphelinidae
Thomson, 1876
Aphelinid wasps
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyChalcididae
Latreille, 1817
Chalcidid wasps, Chalcidids, Chalcids
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEncyrtidae
Walker, 1837
Encyrtid wasps, Encyrtids
22
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEucharitidae
Latreille, 1809
eucharitid wasp, Eucharitid wasps, Eucharitids
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEulophidae
Westwood, 1829
Eulophid wasps, Eulophids
10
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEupelmidae
Walker, 1833
Eupelmid wasps, Eupelmids
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyEurytomidae
Walker, 1832
Eurytomid wasps, Eurytomids, Jointworms, Seed Chalcidoid Wasps, Seed chalcids
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLeucospidae
Fabricius, 1775
Leucospid wasps, Leucospids, Wasps
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPerilampidae
Latreille, 1809
Perilampid waps, Perilampid wasps, Perilampids
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPteromalidae
Dalman, 1820
Pteromalid wasps, Pteromalids
8
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySigniphoridae
Howard, 1894
Signiphorid waps, Signiphorid wasps
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTorymidae
Walker, 1833
Apple seed chalcids, Torymid wasps, Torymids
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTrichogrammatidae
Haliday, 1851
Trichogrammatid wasps, Trichogrammatids
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Chalcidoidea at artfakta.se
Chalcidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Chalcidoidea at itis.gov