Platygaster

Platygaster is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae.^[1] There are more than 560 described species in Platygaster.^[2][3][4]

Platygaster
Platygaster pupae inside gall
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Platygastridae
Subfamily:	Platygastrinae
Genus:	Platygaster Latreille, 1809
Synonyms
Polygnotus Foerster, 1856 Pyrgaspis Kozlov, 1967 Anirama Kozlov, 1970 Criomica Kozlov, 1975 Huggertella Notton, 2006

Platygaster sp. in copula. Filmed on a fallen beech in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany

See also

• List of Platygaster species

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  Platygaster sp. female
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  Platygaster sp. on goldenrod
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  Platygaster

References

1. Buhl, P.N. 1994. A remarkable new species of Platygaster Latreille, 1809 from Denmark (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae). Entomofauna 15(2): 13–20
2. "Platygaster Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
3. "Platygaster". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
4. "Platygaster genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

Further reading

• Talamas, E.J.; Thompson, J.; Cutler, A.; Fitzsimmons-Schoenbe, R.; et al. (2017). "An online photographic catalog of primary types of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 56: 187–224. doi:10.3897/jhr.56.10774.

External links

• Media related to Platygaster at Wikimedia Commons