| Ormyridae | |
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| Ormyrus sp. | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: |
Ormyridae Förster, 1856 |
| Genera | |
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.
They are best recognized by distinctive scalloped sculpturing of their metasomal tergites. Adults of many species are iridescent. [2]
Genera include Ormyrus, Ormyrulus, Hemadas, and Asparagobius. [2] The genus Eubeckerella has sometimes been included in Ormyridae but its placement is uncertain. [2]
References
- ^ Gibson, G.A.P.; Huber, J.T.; Woolley, J.B.; Woolley, J.B., eds. (1997). "Chapter 15. Ormyridae by Paul Hanson". Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Monograph Publishing Program. NRC Research Press. pp. 531–533. ISBN 978-0-660-16669-8. p. 532 p. 533
- ^ a b c Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi: 10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
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