chalcidology

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noun

The study of chalcid wasps.

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Meanings

nounchalcidology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe study of chalcid wasps.

    The publication of this CD-ROM catalogue marks an important step in the history of chalcidology.

    1999 — Systematic Entomolgy (1999) 24, 301-304
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    The major milestone in Nearctic chalcidology during the latter half of the 20th century is perhaps the catalog by Peck

    1997 — Gibson et al. Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) (NRC Research Press)

    This paper is dedicated to the doyen of chalcidology, Zdenek Bouček, in the year of his 81st birthday.

    2005, Simon van Noort, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Revision of the Papua New Guinean fig wasp genus Robertsia Bouček (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae)

Origin

From chalcid + -ology.

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