The Ormyridae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are either parasitoids or hyperparasitoids on gall-forming insects, p. 532 p. 533 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.
Taxonomy Reviewed in 2024.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 Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024 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
Hemadinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024 Hemadas Crawford, 1909. Hemadas nubilipennis (Ashmead, 1887).
Ormyrinae Förster, 1856 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
External links Universal Chalcidoidea Database Ormyridae at Waspweb