Spilomicrus

A genus of small wasps approximately 3mm in length. Very short marginal vien and virtual absence of postmarginal vein. Unmodified basal margin of the large tergite. Males have antennae with 13 or 14 segments, the flagellum is approximately cylindrical and almost always has the second segment modified. The antennae of females have 12 or 13 segments and the flagellum is thickened towards the apex, usually forming a club. Approximately 20 species recorded from the UK. 

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Typically associated with moist and shaded habitats.

Endoparasitoids, typically parasitizing fly larvae (Diptera) as their hosts. 

Unknown. 

Unknown. 

G.E.J. Nixon (1957) Diapriidae (Diapriinae). Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol 8, Part 3dii

Hübner, J. & Chemyreva, V.G. 2024. Review of German Spilomicrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae, Spilomicrini). Biodiversity Data Journal 12.