Ormyridae Explained
The Ormyridae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are either parasitoids or hyperparasitoids on gall-forming insects,[1] primarily cynipid wasps and tephritid flies. The 120 or so species (mostly in the genus Ormyrus) are cosmopolitan, except almost entirely absent from South America.
Some can be recognized by distinctive scalloped sculpturing of their metasomal tergites. Adults of many species are iridescent.[2]
Taxonomy
Reviewed in 2024.[3]
Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024
- Asparagobius Mayr, 1905.
- Asparagobius bouceki van Noort, 2024
- Asparagobius braunsi Mayr, 1905.
- Asparagobius copelandi Rasplus and van Noort, 2024
- Halleriaphagus van Noort and Burks, 2024
- Halleriaphagus phagolucida van Noort and Burks, 2024
Hemadinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024
- Hemadas Crawford, 1909.
- Hemadas nubilipennis (Ashmead, 1887).
Ormyrinae Förster, 1856
- Eubeckerella Narendran, 1999.
- Eubeckerella malaica Narendran, 1999.
- Ormyrus Westwood, 1832.
- List of Ormyrus species (more than 140 species recognized)
- Ouma Mitroiu, 2024.
- Ouma daleskeyae Mitroiu, 2024.
- Ouma emazantsi Mitroiu, 2024.
References
- Book: Gibson, G.A.P. . Huber, J.T. . Woolley, J.B. . Woolley, J.B. . National Research Council Canada . Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) . NRC Research Press . Monograph Publishing Program . 1997 . 978-0-660-16669-8 . Chapter 15. Ormyridae by Paul Hanson . https://books.google.com/books?id=50tXxazrCvoC&pg=PA531 . 531–533. p. 532 p. 533
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- van Noort, S., Mitroiu, M.D., Burks, R., Gibson, G., Hanson, P., Heraty, J., Janšta, P., Cruaud, A. and Rasplus, J.Y. (2024). Redefining Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with establishment of subfamilies and description of new genera. Systematic Entomology, 49(3), pp.447-494. DOI
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