Chalcidoidea of the World

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Recent research on the phylogenomics of Chalcidoidea and the fossil record has resulted in substantial changes to their classification, and in a review of all families; here, the new family groups are presented to the general scientific public for the first time. The book provides for each family: diagnostic features and extensively illustrated details of their specialized morphology; summaries of their distribution and worldwide diversity; a history of their classification history and major workers; phylogenetic relationships; natural history; use in biological control and economic impact; fossil history; and fully illustrated identification keys to subfamilies or in some cases to genera. Additional chapters present best practices for collecting, rearing from hosts, and preservation, review digital resources currently available, explore the diversity of their natural history and their human impacts, and more.