Cynipoidea (Latreille 1802), Cynipoid wasps ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Superfamily

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Taxonomy of Superfamily Cynipoidea Latreille, 1802
Cynipoid wasps, Cynipoids, Gall wasps

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps	319 21125 328720	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867 Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps	165 17348 314830	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Parasitica Hartig, 1837 Parasitic Apocrita, Parasitic wasps, Parasitoid wasps	100 10917 147526	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Cynipoidea Latreille, 1802 Cynipoid wasps, Cynipoids, Gall wasps	12 485 5160	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Cynipoidea Latreille, 1802

Family	Alloxystidae Hellen, 1931	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Archaeocynipidae ♰ Rasnitsyn & Kovalev, 1988	1 3	Genus Species
Family	Austrocynipidae Riek, 1971	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Cynipidae Latreille, 1802 Cynipid gall wasps, Cynipid wasps, Gall wasps, Gallflies	209 3053	Genera Species
Family	Eucoilidae Thomson, 1862 ⇒ Eucoilinae	24 64	Genera Species
Family	Figitidae Thomson, 1862 Figitid wasps, Figitids	218 1879	Genera Species
Family	Gerocynipidae ♰ Kovalev, 1994	3 5	Genera Species
Family	Ibaliidae Thomson, 1862 Ibaliid wasps, Ibaliids	8 47	Genera Species
Family	Liopteridae ♰ Ashmead, 1895 Liopterid wasps, Liopterids	20 107	Genera Species
Family	Protimaspidae ♰ Liu & Engel in Liu, Engel & Grimaldi, 2007	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Rasnicynipidae Kovalev, 1996 ⇒ Rasnicynipinae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Stolamissidae ♰ Liu & Engel in Liu, Engel & Grimaldi, 2007	1 1	Genus Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Cynipoidea

German	Gallwespen, Gallwespenartige
English	Cynipoid wasps, Cynipoids, Gall wasps
Dutch	Galwespen
Finnish	Äkämäpistiäiset

Distribution and Species lists of Cynipoidea Latreille, 1802

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Afghanistan
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species

Algeria
3 Families 4 Genera 4 Species

Andorra
2 Families 4 Genera 6 Species

Angola
2 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Argentina
3 Families 26 Genera 16 Species

Armenia
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Australia
5 Families 47 Genera 67 Species

Austria
3 Families 33 Genera 39 Species

Bahamas
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Belarus
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species

Belgium
3 Families 23 Genera 72 Species

Belize
1 Families 4 Genera 1 Species

Benin
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species

Bolivia
2 Families 9 Genera 2 Species

Botswana
2 Families 4 Genera 4 Species

Brazil
4 Families 37 Genera 25 Species

Brunei
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Bulgaria
2 Families 9 Genera 8 Species

Burkina Faso
1 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Burundi
2 Families 4 Genera 4 Species

Cameroon
2 Families 19 Genera 38 Species

Canada
4 Families 66 Genera 84 Species

Central African Republic
2 Families 6 Genera 8 Species

Chile
3 Families 16 Genera 10 Species

China
3 Families 26 Genera 37 Species

Colombia
3 Families 20 Genera 24 Species

Comoros
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Costa Rica
4 Families 31 Genera 8 Species

Croatia
3 Families 7 Genera 8 Species

Cuba
2 Families 10 Genera 4 Species

Czech Republic
3 Families 36 Genera 150 Species

Democratic Republic of the Congo
3 Families 25 Genera 177 Species

Denmark
3 Families 52 Genera 160 Species

Dominica
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Dominican Republic
1 Families 4 Genera 1 Species

Ecuador
4 Families 24 Genera 5 Species

Equatorial Guinea
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Estonia
2 Families 7 Genera 10 Species

Ethiopia
1 Families 10 Genera 12 Species

Finland
3 Families 51 Genera 218 Species

France
4 Families 44 Genera 134 Species

Gabon
2 Families 5 Genera 3 Species

Gambia
1 Families 11 Genera 2 Species

Georgia
2 Families 10 Genera 7 Species

Germany
4 Families 42 Genera 112 Species

Ghana
1 Families 6 Genera 8 Species

Greece
4 Families 37 Genera 31 Species

Grenada
2 Families 10 Genera 17 Species

Guatemala
2 Families 6 Genera 5 Species

Guinea
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Guinea-Bissau
1 Families 9 Genera 0 Species

Guyana
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Honduras
2 Families 5 Genera 2 Species

Hungary
2 Families 16 Genera 27 Species

Iceland
2 Families 13 Genera 20 Species

India
3 Families 14 Genera 11 Species

Indonesia
3 Families 16 Genera 11 Species

Iran
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Ireland
2 Families 15 Genera 30 Species

Israel
2 Families 4 Genera 3 Species

Italy
4 Families 51 Genera 227 Species

Ivory Coast
2 Families 5 Genera 8 Species

Jamaica
2 Families 4 Genera 2 Species

Japan
3 Families 23 Genera 28 Species

Jordan
1 Families 7 Genera 8 Species

Kazakhstan
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Kenya
2 Families 22 Genera 51 Species

Kyrgyzstan
1 Families 10 Genera 0 Species

Latvia
2 Families 4 Genera 4 Species

Lebanon
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Lesotho
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Liberia
3 Families 7 Genera 3 Species

Liechtenstein
1 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Lithuania
3 Families 8 Genera 8 Species

Luxembourg
2 Families 10 Genera 25 Species

Madagascar
3 Families 21 Genera 43 Species

Malawi
2 Families 4 Genera 6 Species

Malaysia
2 Families 13 Genera 7 Species

Mali
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Marshall Islands
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Mauritius
2 Families 7 Genera 10 Species

Mexico
3 Families 26 Genera 30 Species

Micronesia
2 Families 9 Genera 11 Species

Mongolia
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Morocco
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Mozambique
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Myanmar
2 Families 8 Genera 2 Species

Namibia
2 Families 5 Genera 5 Species

Nepal
2 Families 2 Genera 1 Species

Netherlands
3 Families 34 Genera 95 Species

New Zealand
3 Families 13 Genera 11 Species

Nicaragua
3 Families 12 Genera 7 Species

Nigeria
1 Families 13 Genera 31 Species

North Korea
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Norway
4 Families 128 Genera 544 Species

Pakistan
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Palau
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Palestine
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Panama
3 Families 12 Genera 3 Species

Papua New Guinea
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Paraguay
2 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Peru
3 Families 19 Genera 3 Species

Philippines
4 Families 9 Genera 8 Species

Poland
2 Families 27 Genera 43 Species

Portugal
2 Families 24 Genera 39 Species

Republic of the Congo
1 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Republic South Africa
4 Families 40 Genera 100 Species

Romania
2 Families 4 Genera 11 Species

Russia
5 Families 34 Genera 47 Species

Rwanda
2 Families 10 Genera 12 Species

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families 14 Genera 20 Species

San Marino
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

São Tomé and Príncipe
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Senegal
1 Families 5 Genera 3 Species

Serbia
1 Families 5 Genera 7 Species

Seychelles
1 Families 3 Genera 7 Species

Sierra Leone
1 Families 12 Genera 2 Species

Singapore
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Slovakia
3 Families 12 Genera 5 Species

Slovenia
2 Families 7 Genera 6 Species

Solomon Islands
2 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Somalia
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

South Korea
3 Families 5 Genera 5 Species

Spain
3 Families 50 Genera 165 Species

Sri Lanka
1 Families 14 Genera 2 Species

Sudan
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Sweden
4 Families 66 Genera 317 Species

Switzerland
2 Families 14 Genera 13 Species

Syria
1 Family 1 Genus 0 Species

Taiwan
4 Families 38 Genera 97 Species

Tajikistan
2 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Tanzania
3 Families 16 Genera 10 Species

Thailand
1 Families 8 Genera 1 Species

Trinidad and Tobago
2 Families 6 Genera 4 Species

Tunisia
1 Families 6 Genera 3 Species

Turkey
4 Families 16 Genera 20 Species

Turkmenistan
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Uganda
2 Families 18 Genera 42 Species

Ukraine
4 Families 12 Genera 26 Species

United Arab Emirates
2 Families 5 Genera 5 Species

United Kingdom
4 Families 56 Genera 185 Species

USA
6 Families 131 Genera 644 Species

Uzbekistan
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Venezuela
3 Families 15 Genera 5 Species

Vietnam
3 Families 4 Genera 2 Species

Yemen
1 Families 6 Genera 10 Species

Zambia
2 Families 7 Genera 13 Species

Zimbabwe
3 Families 22 Genera 58 Species

Distribution on islands

Alnön
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Caroline Island
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Hebrides
1 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Inner Hebrides
1 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Isla Victoria
1 Families 3 Genera 2 Species

Islands of Chile
2 Families 8 Genera 6 Species

Macaronesia
3 Families 23 Genera 33 Species

Rügen
1 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Skye
1 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Southern Line Islands
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Tenerife
1 Families 5 Genera 3 Species

Vancouver Island
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Wellington
2 Families 5 Genera 4 Species

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
3 Families 6 Genera 8 Species

Rott Formation
1 Family 1 Genus 3 Species

Links, sources and further information

Cynipoidea at artfakta.se
Cynipoidea at dyntaxa.se
Cynipoidea at itis.gov