signiphorid

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noun

Any member of the Signiphoridae of parasitic wasps.

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Meanings

nounsigniphorid (plural signiphorids)

plural signiphorids

  1. biologyAny member of the Signiphoridae of parasitic wasps.

    In most chalcidoids, the mesopleura have a groove for the femora, but encyrtids lack this groove (as do the signiphorids, tanaostigmatids, some aphelinids, and some eupelmids).

    2005, Norman F. Johnson, Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects, page 531
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