Ormyridae
The Ormyridae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are either parasitoids or hyperparasitoids on gall-forming insects, primarily cynipid wasps and tephritid flies. There are 153 species, mostly in the genus Ormyrus); the family has a worldwide distribution, although almost entirely absent from South America.
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- Taxonomy
- [[Asparagobiinae]] <small>van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024</small>
- [[Hemadinae]] van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024
- [[Ormyrinae]] Förster, 1856
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The Ormyridae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are either parasitoids or hyperparasitoids on gall-forming insects, primarily cynipid wasps and tephritid flies. There are 153 species, mostly in the genus Ormyrus); the family has a worldwide distribution, although almost entirely absent from South America.
Some can be recognized by distinctive scalloped sculpturing of their metasomal tergites. Adults of many species are iridescent.