bedeguaris species group

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Goldenrod gall parasitoid fauna - Torymus - female

Torymid from Diastrophus gall - Torymus flavicoxa - female

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 Torymidae

Subfamily Toryminae

Genus Torymus

No Taxon bedeguaris species group

Numbers

38 North American species, of which 24 are known from the west.

Remarks

Half of the species have been reared from cecidomyiid galls. Seven have been reared from cynipid galls on Rosa and Rubus, four from psyllid galls on hackberry (Celtis), two from tephritid galls, and one from both cecidomyiid and cynipid galls. One species has been reared from Ilex seeds and its actual host is unknown.

Print References

Grissell, E. E. 1976. A revision of western Nearctic species of Torymus Dalman. Univ. Cal. Pub. Entomol. 79: 1-120, 6 plates.

Contributed by Bob Carlson on 29 May, 2014 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 24 November, 2014 - 9:16am

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