Keys for the identification of British parasitic wasps
Key to the British superfamilies of Parasitic wasps.pdfSuperfamily Ceraphronoidea
Superfamily Ceraphronoidea
Two families are present in Britain and these are separated in both of the documents below. These are very tentative especially the Ceraphronidae and need a lot of work to make them complete. The Ceraphronidae key contains a number of the original descriptions of species translated by myself from Kieffer's work
Family Ceraphronidae key to British genus and some species.pdfFamily Megaspilidae key to British species (except Conostigmus).pdfSuperfamily Ichneumonoidea
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea
This superfamily includes several thousand British species and their identification is difficult. Division into the two families Braconidae and Ichneumonidae is relatively straightforward as long as characters are observed carefully. Use the key on page 24 if the Royal Entomology Society handbook: http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol07_Part11.pdf
Superfamily Proctotrupoidea
Superfamily Proctotrupoidea
Key to British families of Proctotrupoidea and Platygastroidea.pdfSubfamily Diapriinae key to genus, females.pdfSubfamily Diapriinae, key to genus, males.pdfFamily Proctotrupidae, key to British genus and species.pdf