Eurytomidae Explained

The Eurytomidae are a family within the superfamily Chalcidoidea.

Unlike most chalcidoids, the larvae of many are phytophagous (feeding in stems, seeds, or galls), while others are more typical parasitoids, though even then the hosts are usually found within plant tissues. Some species of eurytomids are unusual in the sense that they are parasitoids of spider eggs. Females of this group are idiobionts that probe through the thin silk of spider egg sacs and oviposit into individual spider eggs that are clustered within the sacs. ^[1]

They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats, and a few are considered pests.

They tend to be dull and not metallic, and heavily punctured, with very thick, collar-like pronota.

Taxa

, Eurytomid genera include:^[2]

Buresiinae Lotfalizadeh et al., 2007^[3]

• Buresium
• Macrorileya

• Aiolomorphus
• Aranedra
• Austrodecatoma
• Ausystole
• Axanthosoma
• Axanthosomella
• Axima
• Aximopsis
• Banyoma
• Bephrata
• Bephratelloides
• Bephratoides
• Bruchodape
• Bruchophagus
• Burksoma
• Camponotophilus
• Cathilaria
• Chryseida
• Chryseurytoma
• Endobia
• Eudoxinna
• Eurytoma
• Eurytomocharis
• Exeurytoma
• Ficomila
• Foutsia
• Fronsoma
• Gibsonoma
• Giraultoma
• Heimbrella
• Hexeurytoma
• Homodecatoma
• Houstonia
• Isosomodes
• Kavayva
• Khamul
• Mangoma
• Masneroma
• Neobephrata
• Parabruchophagus
• Paradecatoma
• Philippinoma
• Philolema
• Phleudecatoma
• Phylloxeroxenus
• Plutarchia
• Prodecatoma
• Prodecatomidea
• Proseurytoma
• Pseudotetramesa
• Ramanuja
• Ramdasoma
• Risbecoma
• Stigmeurytoma
• Syceurytoma
• Sycophila
• Systole
• Systolema
• Tenuipetiolus
• Tetramesa
• Tetramesella
• Townesoma
• Zerovella

• Heimbra
• Symbra

• Austrophotismus
• Boucekiana
• Dougiola
• Gatesina
• Neorileya
• Platyrileya
• Rileya

External links

• Universal Chalcidoidea Database
• Cedar Creek Pinned specimen images.
• Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway) on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
• Bugguide.net. Family Eurytomidae

Notes and References

1. Fei . Minghui . Gols . Rieta . Harvey . Jeffrey A. . 2023-01-23 . The Biology and Ecology of Parasitoid Wasps of Predatory Arthropods . Annual Review of Entomology . 68 . 1 . 109–128 . 10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607 . 36198401 . 252736581 . 0066-4170. free . 20.500.11755/8f020f3d-b12d-4d23-8c07-eae6302721b8 . free .
2. Web site: Noyes . J. S. . Universal Chalcidoidea Database . June 1, 2021 . March 2019.
3. LOTFALIZADEH. HOSSEINALI. DELVARE. GÉRARD. RASPLUS. JEAN-YVES. November 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of Eurytominae (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) based on morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 151. 3. 441–510. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00308.x. 1096-3642. free.