Biology:Torymus

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Short description: Genus of wasps

Torymus
Torymus cecidomyae.jpg
Torymus cecidomyae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Torymidae
Subfamily: Toryminae
Genus: Torymus
Dalman, 1820
Type species
Torymus bedeguaris
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

400+ species

Synonyms
  • Callimome Spinola, 1811
  • Callimomus Thomson, 1876
  • Diamorus Walker, 1834
  • Dihomerus Schulz, 1906
  • Diomorus Walker, 1834
  • Hemitorymus Ashmead, 1904
  • Lioterphus Thomson, 1876
  • Misocampe Latreille, 1818
  • Misocampus Stephens, 1829
  • Nannocerus Mayr, 1885
  • Parasympiesis Brèthes, 1927
  • Syntomaspis Förster, 1856

Torymus is a genus of chalcid wasps from the family Torymidae which was named by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1820.[1] Most species are ectoparasitoids of gall forming insects. There are more than 400 spp. worldwide.

Torymus sp., female

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3995846 entry