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Parasitic Hymenopteran Family
Parasitic Hymenopteran Family
trochantellus An additional segment in the legs of Hymenoptera which occurs between the
trochanter and the femur,
FAMILY EVANIIDAE
1. Small to medium-sized insects, typically measuring between 5 and 15 millimeters in length. They are known for
their distinctively long and slender bodies. Ensign wasps are often black or brown in color, and some species may
have patterns or markings on their bodies.
2. They carry the gaster (compressed and short) almost like aflag and hence the common name Ensign wasp.
3. Antennae is well inserted above the clypeus.
4. Long and abrupt petiole.
5. These wasps are parasitic in nature, with the females laying their eggs in the ootheca (egg cases) of cockroaches.
The larvae of ensign wasps then feed on the developing cockroach eggs, eventually killing them. e.g. Evania
appendigaster.
FAMILY CHALCIDIDAE
1. Minute to small metallic coloured insects.
2. Hind femur stout and swollen with rows of short teeth.
3. Ovipositor is short and straight.
4. Brachymeria sp. are important parasitoids of coconut black headed caterpillar, Opisina arenosella.
the enlarged part of the abdomen behind the pedicel in hymenopterous insects (such as ants) -
gaster
EVANIIDAE
Antennae is well inserted