Diaprioids are a major group of parasitoid wasps found worldwide on all continents except Antarctica. This project covers the families Diapriidae, Ismaridae, Maamingidae (New Zealand) and Monomachidae (Neotropics and Australia).
Please join!
David
If you want to make an observation for a diaprioid please remember that since most are tiny and there are 1000s of similar species, high quality photographs are needed to give identifiers the best chance to make an identification. As a rule of thumb, please ensure the pics are good enough that the number of antennal segments are clearly visible, also views from above and from the side!
So far less than 3% of records have reached "Research grade", with better images that might be improved.
Thank you!
D
The taxonomy for world Diaprioidea used by iNaturalist is quite incomplete, but it's easy to get new names added if you need. Anyone can ask - general instructions here: ttps://www.inaturalist.org/pages/curator+guide#adding
I found also that you can go to the next available parent taxon record, usually the relevant genus, and click on the curation button and you can send a message to the relevant curator to ask for a species taxon to be added.
If you have any problems let me know and I'll see if I can help
David
