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Fairy Wasps
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Fairy Wasps

Mymaridae

The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. It contains around 100 genera with 1400 species.

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60 branches of this family, most-observed first

Mymar

genusMymar

Gonatocerini

tribeGonatocerini

Polynema

genusPolynema

Acmopolynema

genusAcmopolynema

Alaptus

genusAlaptus

Anagrus

genusAnagrus

Ooctonus

genusOoctonus

Anaphes

genusAnaphes

Lymaenon

genusLymaenon

Litus

genusLitus

Stephanodes

genusStephanodes

Anagroidea

genusAnagroidea

Neomymar

genusNeomymar

Australomymar

genusAustralomymar

Stethynium

genusStethynium

Camptoptera

genusCamptoptera

Erythmelus

genusErythmelus

Arescon

genusArescon

Cleruchus

genusCleruchus

Narayanella

genusNarayanella

Cnecomymar

genusCnecomymar

Richteria

genusRichteria

Gastrogonatocerus

genusGastrogonatocerus

Paranaphoidea

genusParanaphoidea

Dicopomorpha

genusDicopomorpha

Apoxypteron

genusApoxypteron

Mimalaptus

genusMimalaptus

Palaeoneura

genusPalaeoneura

Ptilomymar

genusPtilomymar

Scleromymar

genusScleromymar

Eustochus

genusEustochus

Neotriadomerus

genusNeotriadomerus

Chrysoctonus

genusChrysoctonus

Platystethynium

genusPlatystethynium

Dorya

genusDorya

Acmotemnus

genusAcmotemnus

Cybomymar

genusCybomymar

Ceratanaphes

genusCeratanaphes

Paracmotemnus

genusParacmotemnus

Zelanaphes

genusZelanaphes

Neserythmelus

genusNeserythmelus

Nesopatasson

genusNesopatasson

Camptopteroides

genusCamptopteroides

Nesomymar

genusNesomymar

Polynemoidea

genusPolynemoidea

Tetrapolynema

genusTetrapolynema

Boccacciomymar

genusBoccacciomymar

Ischiodasys

genusIschiodasys

Steganogaster

genusSteganogaster

Pseudanaphes

genusPseudanaphes

Prionaphes

genusPrionaphes

Callodicopus

genusCallodicopus

Chaetomymar

genusChaetomymar

Baburia

genusBaburia

Macrocamptoptera

genusMacrocamptoptera

Caraphractus

genusCaraphractus

Omyomymar

genusOmyomymar

Tinkerbella

genusTinkerbella

Eubroncus

genusEubroncus

Kalopolynema

genusKalopolynema

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