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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Ormyridae Förster, 1856 |
| Genera | |
Some can be recognized by distinctive scalloped sculpturing of their metasomal tergites. Adults of many species are iridescent.[2]
Taxonomy
editReviewed in 2024.[3]
Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024
edit- 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
- Hemadas Crawford, 1909.
- Hemadas nubilipennis (Ashmead, 1887).
- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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