Hymenoptera23 species

Family Fairy Wasps (Mymaridae)

Mymaridae is a family in the order Hymenoptera. Browse 23 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Mymaridae (23)

Cosmocomoidea capitata

Both of the specimens depicted here were examined by John Huber at the Canadian National Collection and tentatively identified as C. capitata . Evidently the genus is in need of revision.

Dicopomorpha echmepterygis

Identification: Antenna with 7 funicular segments, with the second approximately equal in length to first. The male of this species is much smaller, blind, and wingless but possesses long legs that it uses to attach itself to a female that is emergin

Ooctonus vulgatus

Ooctonus vulgatus is a tiny (1.5-2mm) parasitoid wasp, one of the large family of Fairy Wasps (Mymaridae) characterized by the following unique combination of features: Very similar to O. silvensis, which has F2 of the female antenna notably shorter