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Of the extant fairyfly genera, Eustochomorpha is the most primitive. [13] The largest genera are Anagrus , Anaphes , Gonatocerus , and Polynema , which comprise around half of all known species. They are the most commonly encountered fairyflies, followed by Alaptus , Camptoptera , Erythmelus , Ooctonus , and Stethynium , which make up a further ...
It was identified by a team led by John Huber at the Canadian National Collection of Insects and John Noyes at the Natural History Museum.Noyes collected it during a scientific expedition in the tropical forests of Costa Rica.
Anaphes nitens is a species of fairyfly, a chalcid wasp in the family Mymaridae. Native to Australia, it is an egg parasitoid of the gum tree snout beetle ( Gonipterus platensis ), a pest of Eucalyptus trees, and has been used in biological pest control of that species.
Kikiki is a genus of fairyfly wasps containing a single species, Kikiki huna, known from Hawaii, Costa Rica, Nagarcoil and Trinidad. At 0.15 mm (0.0059 in) (150 μm), it is the smallest flying insect known as of 2019. It is a close relative of wasps in the genus Tinkerbella.
Polynema includes over 200 species of fairyfly. [2] [3] [4] Species include: Polynema euchariforme Haliday 1833; Polynema howardii (Ashmead 1887) Polynema needhami Ashmead 1900; Polynema sagittaria van Noort & Triapitsyn, 2018; Polynema striaticorne Girault 1911
Myanmymar is an extinct genus of fairyfly preserved in Burmese amber from Myanmar. It has only one species, Myanmymar aresconoides. It is dated to the earliest part of the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, around 99 million years old. As of 2011, it is the oldest known fossil mymarid.
Gonatocerus ashmeadi is a species of fairyfly. Its natural range is Florida, Louisiana, northeastern Mexico, Mississippi, North Carolina, eastern Texas, and southern and central California. [1] [2] It is used to control the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
This is a list of fairyfly species within the genus Polynema. [1] [2] [3] Polynema species. Polynema abdominale Soyka 1956; Polynema acutiventre (Soyka 1956)