Spalangiinae

Spalangia nigroaenea, photographed by Philippe Blanchot.

Belongs within: Chalcidoidea.

The Spalangiinae are a group of parasitoids of Diptera. Some species of Spalangia have been used in the biological control of synanthropic flies and sheep-maggot flies (Bouček 1988).

Characters (from Bouček 1988): Body black or slightly metallic; at least thorax with some distinct punctures or rugosity, often also head; frons with median punctured groove; antennal toruli situated on lower margin of head, overhanging the mouth; antenna 1171 i.e. with 7 funicular segments but no anellus; scutellum without sublateral lines but often with punctate frenal line; gaster on distinct petiole; forewing disc flat, pubescent, without a tuft of scales; marginal vein very long, stigmal and postmarginal veins short.

<==Spalangiinae [Spalangiae, Spalangiidae, Spalangiides, Spalangiina]
    |--Neosciatheras Masi 1917 G24, GM79
    |--Playaspalangia B88
    `--Spalangia Latreille 1805 B88 [incl. Prospalangia Brethes 1915 G17, GM79]
         |  i. s.: *S. nigra Latreille 1805 B88
         |         S. australiensis Girault 1913 B88
         |         S. cameroni Perkins 1910 B88
         |         S. drosophilae A71
         |         S. endius Walker 1839 [incl. S. orientalis Graham 1932] B88
         |         S. epos Girault 1933 B88
         |         S. grotiusi Girault 1913 B88
         |         S. kingstonensis Girault 1933 B88
         |         S. marxi Girault 1933 B88
         |         S. muscofaga Girault 1933 B88
         |         S. punctulaticeps Girault 1929 B88
         |         S. shakespearei Girault 1933 B88
         |         S. simplex Perkins 1910 [incl. S. parasitica Girault 1915] B88
         |         S. virginica Girault 1913 B88
         |--S. erythromera MH11
         `--+--S. haematobia MH11
            `--S. nigroaenea Curtis 1839 MH11, B88 (see below for synonymy)

Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis 1839 MH11, B88 [incl. S. abenabooi Girault 1932 B88, S. mors Girault 1933 B88, S. muscidarum Richardson 1913 B88, GM79, S. sundaica Graham 1932 B88]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[B88] Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera): A biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

[G17] Girault, A. A. 1917. Descriptiones hymenopterorum chalcidoidicarum variorum cum observationibus. V. Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 116-131).

[G24] Girault, A. A. 1924. Lese majeste, new insects and robbery. Privately published (reprinted Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 182).

[GM79] Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 1-400.

[MH11] Munro, J. B., J. M. Heraty, R. A. Burks, D. Hawks, J. Mottern, A. Cruaud, J.-Y. Rasplus & P. Jansta. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). PLoS One 6 (11): e27023.