Pteromalidae I

The family Pteromalidae (Order: Hymenoptera) is a highly diverse group of parasitoid wasps belonging to the Chalcidoidea superfamily. The Pteromalidae are distinguished from other members of the superfamily as having five segmented tarsi and none of the other defining characteristics that segretate other family members, often times making them difficult to identify. Variability is extreme in this group. They typically have metallic bodies ranging anywhere in size from 1-48mm with body shape ranging from slender to broad. This variability extends into the groups ecological roles with representivives that are solitary and gregarious, ectoparasitic, endoparasitic, parasitoids, hyperparasitoids or in some cases even predators. Most are idiobionts, which prevent further development of the host after parasitization. There are more than 3400 species described from about 640 genera distributed all over the world; systematically speaking, it is likely that the group is polyphyletic. Please assist us in transcribing the UHIM's Pteromalid collection in order to help us better understand this groups distribution and impact. The total number of tasks for this dataset is: 417, number transcribed is 417 and number validated is 0. This data resource is harvested periodically into the main occurrence index.金小蜂科（Pteromalidae，膜翅目Hymenoptera）是一类高度多样化的寄生蜂类群，隶属于小蜂总科（Chalcidoidea）。该科类群可与小蜂总科内其他类群相区分的核心特征为具5节跗节（tarsi），且不具备其他科类群的典型鉴别性状，这往往使其物种鉴定难度较高。该类群的形态变异极强：成虫多具金属光泽躯体，体长范围为1至48毫米，体型则从纤细型到宽短型不等。这种变异同样体现在该类群的生态功能上，其类群成员兼具独居与群居习性，涵盖外寄生、内寄生、寄生、重寄生等多种生存策略，部分类群甚至为捕食性。多数金小蜂科类群为抑性寄生者（idiobionts），即寄生后会阻断寄主的后续发育进程。目前全球已记述的金小蜂科类群涵盖约640个属、3400余种，且从系统分类学角度来看，该类群大概率为复系群（polyphyletic）。恳请协助转录UHIM馆藏的金小蜂标本数据，以助力我们更深入地理解该类群的分布格局与生态影响。本数据集的总任务量为417项，已完成转录任务417项，待验证任务0项。该数据集将定期汇入核心标本记录索引库。