DNA barcoding reveals diversity of Hymenoptera and the dominance of parasitoids in a sub-arctic environment

BMC Ecology

Table 1 Specimen counts, feeding ecology, and number of MOTU (2% divergence) for overall Churchill collection and 2010 subset

Superfamily	Family	Feeding ecology	N (all)	MOTU (all)	N (2010)	MOTU (2010)
Apoidea	Andrenidae	Herbivore	5	3	0	0
	Apidae	Herbivore	82	8	0	0
	Crabronidae	Predator	7	6	0	0
	Halictidae	Herbivore	19	3	1	1
	Megachilidae	Herbivore	15	6	0	0
Ceraphronoidea	Megaspilidae	Parasitoid	2	1	1	1
Chalcidoidea	–	Parasitoid	321	132	172	42
Chrysidoidea	Chrysididae	Cleptoparasite	4	4	0	0
Chrysidoidea	Dryinidae	Parasitoid	18	3	9	2
Cynipoidea	–	Mixed/other	36	28	10	9
Diaprioidea	Diapriidae	Parasitoid	163	83	80	45
Ichneumonoidea	Braconidae	Parasitoid	1367	313	288	127
Ichneumonoidea	Ichneumonidae	Parasitoid	4797	915	1460	461
Platygastroidea	Platygastridae	Parasitoid	40	29	5	3
Proctotrupoidea	Proctotrupidae	Parasitoid	23	8	19	6
Tenthredinoidea	Cimbicidae	Herbivore	7	1	0	0
Tenthredinoidea	Tenthredinidae	Herbivore	479	72	63	23
Vespoidea *s.l.*	Formicidae	Mixed/other	373	7	2	1
	Pompilidae	Predator	1	1	1	1
	Vespidae	Predator	111	7	0	0
TOTAL			7870	1630	2111	722

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