Chalcedectus
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chalcedectus-170-7569351
title:
Chalcedectus
text:
Chalcedectus is a genus of chalcid wasps, previously classified as part of the subfamily Cleonyminae, in the polyphyletic family Pteromalidae.It is the only genus in the monotypic family Chalcedectidae. Most species are parasitoids of wood-boring beetles. Astrid Cruaud and coworkers found that Chalcedectus falls in what they called the "weird clade", but these wasps look very different from their closest relatives, the Pelecinellidae. This, along with the long time since the divergence, supports
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of wasps
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedectus
date created:
2023-05-06T09:06:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:53:00Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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