chalcidology

== English == === Etymology === From chalcid + -ology. === Noun === chalcidology (uncountable) The study of chalcid wasps. 1997 — Gibson et al. Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) (NRC Research Press) The major milestone in Nearctic chalcidology during the latter half of the 20th century is perhaps the catalog by Peck 1999 — Systematic Entomolgy (1999) 24, 301-304 The publication of this CD-ROM catalogue marks an important step in the history of chalcidology. ==== Further reading ==== Chalcid wasps on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Chalcidoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies