Family Torymidae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcid Wasps)

Family Torymidae

Numbers

About 200 Nearctic species, 900 in the world.

21 genera, the most numerous is Torymus

Identification

Metallic green coloration, sculptured thorax, long exerted ovipositor, fore-wings with long marginal wing veins and setae; laterally compressed abdomen, and swollen hind femurs are indicative of female Torymidae.

Internet References

http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/hym/chalcids/Torymid.html

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/chalcidoids/torymidae.html

Torymidae In Catalan, with excellent photos.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 10 March, 2005 - 1:46pm
Additional contributions by Richard Leung
Last updated 17 July, 2009 - 5:26pm

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