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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eurytomidae » Eurytominae » Eurytoma

Genus Eurytoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Eurytomid? from Disholcaspis quercusglobulus gall - Eurytoma - female Parasitoid wasp in a spherical gall in Solidago rugosa - Eurytoma gigantea The first female to emerge - Eurytoma obtusiventris - female Cecidomyiidae, Diervilla fruits - Eurytoma Eurytomidae, lateral - Eurytoma - female Eurytomidae, ex Asphondylia - Eurytoma Eurytomidae, ex Cecidomyiinae - Eurytoma - male Eurytoma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eurytomidae
Subfamily Eurytominae
Genus Eurytoma
Explanation of Names
Eurytoma Illiger 1807
Numbers
~130 spp. in our area, >700 worldwide(1)
Food
a few are phytophagous, some are parasitic, and some are both(2)
Remarks
E. orchidearum (Orchidfly) is an introduced pest of tropical origin(3)
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Diseases and pests of ornamental plants, 5th Edition
Pirone P.P. 1978. Wiley, 584 pp.
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 1 August, 2007 - 2:28pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 15 February, 2013 - 1:41pm

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