Pirenidae

Pirenidae
Macroglenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Pirenidae
Haliday, 1844

Pirenidae is a family of chalcidoid wasps with a cosmopolitan distribution. It was formerly treated as a subfamily within the family Pteromalidae but is now recognized as a distinct family. Members of the family are parasitioid or hyperparasitoid with hosts including Braconidae, Cecidomyiidae, and Coccoidea.

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