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The '''Ormyridae''' are a small family of [[parasitic wasp]]s in the superfamily [[Chalcidoidea]]. They are either [[parasitoid]]s or [[hyperparasite|hyperparasitoids]] on [[gall]]-forming insects,<ref name="Gibson Huber Woolley Woolley 1997 p. ">{{cite book | editor=Gibson, G.A.P. | editor2=Huber, J.T. | editor3=Woolley, J.B. | editor4=Woolley, J.B. | author5=National Research Council Canada | title=Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) | publisher=NRC Research Press | series=Monograph Publishing Program | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-660-16669-8 | chapter=Chapter 15. ''Ormyridae'' by Paul Hanson | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50tXxazrCvoC&pg=PA531 | pages=531–533}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=50tXxazrCvoC&pg=PA532 p. 532] [https://books.google.com/books?id=50tXxazrCvoC&pg=PA533 p. 533]</ref> primarily [[Cynipidae|cynipid wasps]] and [[Tephritidae|tephritid flies]]. The 120 or so species (mostly in the genus ''[[Ormyrus]]'') are cosmopolitan, except almost entirely absent from [[South America]]. |
The '''Ormyridae''' are a small family of [[parasitic wasp]]s in the superfamily [[Chalcidoidea]]. They are either [[parasitoid]]s or [[hyperparasite|hyperparasitoids]] on [[gall]]-forming insects,<ref name="Gibson Huber Woolley Woolley 1997 p. ">{{cite book | editor=Gibson, G.A.P. | editor2=Huber, J.T. | editor3=Woolley, J.B. | editor4=Woolley, J.B. | author5=National Research Council Canada | title=Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) | publisher=NRC Research Press | series=Monograph Publishing Program | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-660-16669-8 | chapter=Chapter 15. ''Ormyridae'' by Paul Hanson | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50tXxazrCvoC&pg=PA531 | pages=531–533}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=50tXxazrCvoC&pg=PA532 p. 532] [https://books.google.com/books?id=50tXxazrCvoC&pg=PA533 p. 533]</ref> primarily [[Cynipidae|cynipid wasps]] and [[Tephritidae|tephritid flies]]. The 120 or so species (mostly in the genus ''[[Ormyrus]]'') are cosmopolitan, except almost entirely absent from [[South America]]. |
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Some can be recognized by distinctive scalloped sculpturing of their [[metasoma]]l [[tergite]]s. Adults of many species are [[Iridescence|iridescent]].<ref name=BurksEtAl>{{Cite Q|Q115923766|doi-access=free}}</ref> |
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==Taxonomy== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Ormyridae Förster, 1856 |
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The Ormyridae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are either parasitoidsorhyperparasitoidsongall-forming insects,[1] primarily cynipid wasps and tephritid flies. The 120 or so species (mostly in the genus Ormyrus) are cosmopolitan, except almost entirely absent from South America.
Some can be recognized by distinctive scalloped sculpturing of their metasomal tergites. Adults of many species are iridescent.[2]
Reviewed in 2024.[3]
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