Fairyfly
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The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100
Mymar female
An illustration of the 'feather-winged' Mymar pulchellum by John Curtis, c. 1840
Mymarilla wollastoni: (1) Female exhibiting the extraordinarily densely hairy (setose) and domed forewings peculiar to the species. (2) Close-up of the thread-like antennae of a male. Mymarilla wollastoni is endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the southern Atlantic. Scale bar = 1 mm
Cremnomymar sp. (female) exhibiting the usual macropterous and flat wings of fairyflies. Scale bar = 1 mm
Mymarommatidae
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The Mymarommatidae are a very small family of microscopic parasitic wasps. Only about half of the known species are living taxa, but they are found worldwide.
Fairyfly
…below. Allomymar and Metanthemus have been transferred to the family Aphelinidae. The fossil genus Protooctonus has been transferred to the family Mymarommatidae, and is now considered to be a synonym of Archaeromma. Nesopolynema, Oncomymar, and Scolopsopteron were synonymized with the genus Cremnomymar in 2013…
Mymaromella mira
Mymaromella mira holotype Nrs 2008 huber 001 006