Dicopomorpha echmepterygis

Dicopomorpha echmepterygis
General information
Universe	Real Life
Classification	Dicopomorpha echmepterygis
Species type	Fairyfly
Homeworld	Earth
Environment	Illinois, United States
Intelligence	Non-sapient
Biochemistry	Carbon-based lifeform
Discovered	1997
Discoverer	Mockford
Biological information
Reproduction	Sexual; lays eggs
Average length	Female: 550 μm Male: 139 to 240 μm (Average: 186 μm)
Locomotion	Female: Powered flight Male: Hexapodal walking
Prey	Echmepteryx hageni eggs
Distinctive features	Smallest known insect
Lineage information
Related species	D. koreana, D. liaoningensis, D. macrocephala, D. maximus, D. pulchricornis, D. schleideni, D. stramineus, D. victoria, D. zebra
Cultural information
Alignment	True Neutral
Personality	Parasitic
Organization	Solitary (presumed)
Sociocultral characteristics
Scientific taxonomy
Planet	Earth
Domain	Eukaryota (Complex life)
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Infrakingdom	Bilateria
Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum	Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)
Subclass	Pterygota (Winged insects)
Infraclass	Neoptera (Winged insects that can flex their wings over their abdomens)
Superorder	Hymenopterida
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, sawflies, wasps)
Suborder	Apocrita (Ants, bees, wasps)
Infraorder	Proctotrupomorpha
Superfamily	Chalcidoidea (Chalcid Wasps)
Family	Mymaridae (Fairyflies)
Genus	Dicopomorpha
Species	echmepterygis
Other information
First sighting	1997
Last sighting	Current