Ormyridae

Family of wasp

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

Asparagobius
Hemadas
Ormyrulus
Ormyrus

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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.

External links

  • Universal Chalcidoidea Database
  • Ormyridae at Waspweb
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Tenthredinoidea
  • Argidae (argid sawflies)
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Xyeloidea
Pamphilioidea
Siricoidea
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Xiphydrioidea
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Ceraphronoidea
Proctotrupomorpha
Platygastroidea
Cynipoidea
Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)
Diaprioidea
Mymarommatoidea
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Tiphioidea
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Pompiloidea
  • Mutillidae (velvet ants)
  • Myrmosidae
  • Pompilidae (spider wasps)
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Scolioidea
  • Scoliidae (scoliid wasps)
Formicoidea
  • Formicidae (ants)
Apoidea
Spheciformes
(sphecoid wasps)
Anthophila
(bees)
Taxon identifiers
Ormyridae


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