Torymus (original) (raw)
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Genus of wasps
| Torymus | |
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| Torymus cecidomyae | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Torymidae |
| Subfamily: | Toryminae |
| Genus: | TorymusDalman, 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, and there are more than 400 spp. worldwide. It was named by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1820.[1] Most species are ectoparasitoids of gall forming insects, usually gall wasps and gall midges.
Torymus sp., female
- ^ "Taxon record Torymus Dalman , 1820". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 June 2017.