Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Brief morphology and terminology

Diagnostic characters | Morphology and terminology | Notes on famalies

Comprehensive and detailed illustrated glossary of positional and morphological terms used in Chalcidoidea: www.agr.gc.ca/science/ecorc/chalcid/intro_e.htm

Antenna

Head

Fore wing

Thorax (dorsal view)

Thorax (side view)

Pteromalidae

Encyrtidae

Gaster (dorsal view)

Last updated 07-Jun-2004 Dr B R Pitkin