Taxonomy:	Eukaryota \| Opisthokonta \| Metazoa \| Eumetazoa \| Bilateria \| Protostomia \| Ecdysozoa \| Panarthropoda \| Arthropoda \| Mandibulata \| Pancrustacea \| Hexapoda \| Insecta \| Dicondylia \| Pterygota \| Neoptera \| Holometabola \| Hymenoptera \| Apocrita \| Parasitoida \| Chalcidoidea \| Pteromalidae \| Pteromalinae \| Nasonia
Common:	jewel wasp
Comment:	The parasitic hymenopteran Nasonia vitripennis is the genetic model for parasitoids, which control pest populations by laying their eggs on and killing other arthropods. Parasitoid wasps are utilized agriculturally to control crop damaging insects.
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