Ormyridae
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.
| Ormyridae | |
|---|---|
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| Ormyrus sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Ormyridae Förster, 1856 |
| Genera | |
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Asparagobius | |
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
- 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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