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Megaphragma mymaripenne Timberlake, 1924

Avispa parasitoide, Parasitoid wasp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Chalcidoidea

Family
Trichogrammatidae

Genus
Megaphragma

Species
mymaripenne

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Ecology

Substrate or host preferences: Megaphragma mymaripenne is a solitary egg endoparasitoid of several species of Panchaetothripinae (Thripidae). The most common host is the widespread Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis.

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

Polaszek, A. Fusu, L., Viggiani, G., Hall, A., Hanson, P., & Polilov, A. A. (2022) Revision of the world species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Insects, 13(6), 561.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Megaphragma mymaripenne", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25719. Accessed 6 November 2026.