Tanaostigmatidae

Taxobox
name = Tanaostigmatidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Chalcidoidea
familia = Tanaostigmatidae
familia_authority = Howard, 1890
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Cynipencyrtus"
"Enigmencyrtus"
"Liebeliella"
"Microprobolos"
"Minapis"
"Protanaostigma"
"Tanaoneura"
"Tanaostigma"
"Tanaostigmodes"

Tanaostigmatidae is a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are almost exclusively phytophagous insects, forming galls in plant stems, leaves, or seeds. There are only some 90 species in 9 genera, and they are primarily tropical and subtropical.

They are typically short, squat wasps, best recognized by a protruding prepectus, and the mesonotum is often strongly arched, so the pronotum is nearly vertical.

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/tanaostigmatidae.html Universal Chalcidoidea Database]