Torymidae

Taxobox
name = Torymidae

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image_caption= " Torymus nobilis" Boheman, 1834
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Chalcidoidea
familia = Torymidae
familia_authority = Walker, 1833
diversity = 4 subfamilies
c.70 genera
c.960 species
diversity_link = biodiversity
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
Megastigminae
Monodontomerinae
Thaumatoryminae
Toryminae

Torymidae is a family of wasps that consists of attractive metallic species with enlarged hind legs, and generally with a long ovipositor. Many are parasitoids on gall-forming insects, and some are phytophagous (plant-eating) species, sometimes usurping the galls formed by other insects. There are over 960 species in ca. 70 genera worldwide. They are best recognized in that they are one of the few groups of Chalcidoidea in which the cerci are visible.

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/ormyridae.html Universal Chalcidoidea Database]
* [http://bugguide.net/node/view/12618/bgimage Image gallery from Bug Guide]
* [http://www.waspweb.org/Chalcidoidea/Torymidae/Toryminae/index.htm Torymidae at Waspweb]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/britin/hym/www/torymida.htm Family description and images]
* [http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Mantis-Parasitic-Wasp/Podagrion%20/sp.html OzAnimals - Mantis Parasitic Wasp]
* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/beneficial/m_transvaalensis.htm "Megastigmus transvaalensis", Brazilian peppertree seed chalcid] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site