Eurytomidae

Eurytomidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Eurytomidae; Walker, 1832
Subfamilies
	Buresiinae; Eurytominae; Heimbrinae; Rileyinae
Diversity
	Four subfamilies; c.85 genera; c.1420 species

The Eurytomidae are a family within the superfamily Chalcidoidea.

Unlike most chalcidoids, the larvae of many are phytophagous (feeding in stems, seeds, or galls), while others are more typical parasitoids, though even then the hosts are usually found within plant tissues. Some species of eurytomids are unusual in the sense that they are parasitoids of spider eggs. Females of this group are idiobionts that probe through the thin silk of spider egg sacs and oviposit into individual spider eggs that are clustered within the sacs. ^[1]

They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats, and a few are considered pests.

They tend to be dull and not metallic, and heavily punctured, with very thick, collar-like pronota.

Taxa

As of 2021^[update], Eurytomid genera include:^[2]

Buresiinae Lotfalizadeh et al., 2007^[3]

Buresium Boucek, 1969
Macrorileya Ashmead, 1900

Eurytominae Walker, 1832

Aiolomorphus Walker, 1871
Aranedra Burks, 1971
Austrodecatoma Girault, 1925
Ausystole Boucek, 1988
Axanthosoma Girault, 1913
Axanthosomella Narendran, 2001
Axima Walker, 1862
Aximopsis Ashmead, 1904
Banyoma Burks, 1971
Bephrata Cameron, 1884
Bephratelloides Girault, 1913
Bephratoides Brues, 1909
Bruchodape Burks, 1971
Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1888
Burksoma Subba Rao, 1978
Camponotophilus Gates, 2012
Cathilaria Burks, 1971
Chryseida Spinola, 1840
Chryseurytoma Chen & Huang, 2004
Endobia Erdos, 1964
Eudoxinna Walker, 1864
Eurytoma Illiger, 1807
Eurytomocharis Ashmead, 1888
Exeurytoma Burks, 1971
Ficomila Boucek, 1981
Foutsia Burks, 1971
Fronsoma Narendran, 1994
Gibsonoma Narendran, 1994
Giraultoma Boucek, 1988
Heimbrella Subba Rao, 1978
Hexeurytoma Dodd, 1917
Homodecatoma Liao, 1979
Houstonia Boucek, 1988
Isosomodes Ashmead, 1888
Kavayva Zhang, Gates, & Silvestre 2021
Khamul Gates, 2008
Mangoma SubbaRao, 1986
Masneroma Boucek, 1983
Neobephrata Narendran & Padmasenan, 1989
Parabruchophagus Zerova, 1992
Paradecatoma Masi, 1943
Philippinoma Narendran, 1994
Philolema Cameron, 1908
Phleudecatoma Yang, 1996
Phylloxeroxenus Ashmead, 1888
Plutarchia Girault, 1925
Prodecatoma Ashmead, 1904
Prodecatomidea Risbec, 1952
Proseurytoma Kieffer, 1910
Pseudotetramesa Kalina, 1970
Ramanuja Narendran, 1989
Ramdasoma Narendran, 1994
Risbecoma SubbaRao, 1978
Stigmeurytoma Boucek, 1988
Syceurytoma Boucek, 1981
Sycophila Walker, 1871
Systole Walker, 1832
Systolema Narendran, 1994
Tenuipetiolus Bugbee, 1951
Tetramesa Walker, 1848
Tetramesella Zerova, 1974
Townesoma Narendran, 1994
Zerovella Narendran & Sheela, 1994

Heimbrinae Burks, 1971

Heimbra Cameron, 1909
Symbra Stage & Snelling, 1986

Rileyinae Ashmead, 1904

Austrophotismus Girault, 1938
Boucekiana De Santis, 1975
Dougiola Boucek, 1988
Gatesina Pujade-Villar et al., 2018
Neorileya Ashmead, 1904
Platyrileya Burks, 1971
Rileya Ashmead, 1888

References

^ Fei, Minghui; Gols, Rieta; Harvey, Jeffrey A. (2023-01-23). "The Biology and Ecology of Parasitoid Wasps of Predatory Arthropods". Annual Review of Entomology. 68 (1): 109–128. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607. hdl:20.500.11755/8f020f3d-b12d-4d23-8c07-eae6302721b8. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 36198401. S2CID 252736581.
^ Noyes, J. S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Retrieved June 1, 2021.
^ LOTFALIZADEH, HOSSEINALI; DELVARE, GÉRARD; RASPLUS, JEAN-YVES (November 2007). "Phylogenetic analysis of Eurytominae (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) based on morphological characters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 151 (3): 441–510. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00308.x. ISSN 1096-3642.

External links

Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Cedar Creek Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Pinned specimen images.
Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway) on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Bugguide.net. Family Eurytomidae

[1] Fei, Minghui; Gols, Rieta; Harvey, Jeffrey A. (2023-01-23). "The Biology and Ecology of Parasitoid Wasps of Predatory Arthropods". Annual Review of Entomology. 68 (1): 109–128. doi:10.1146/annurev-ento-120120-111607. hdl:20.500.11755/8f020f3d-b12d-4d23-8c07-eae6302721b8. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 36198401. S2CID 252736581.

[2] Noyes, J. S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Retrieved June 1, 2021.

[3] LOTFALIZADEH, HOSSEINALI; DELVARE, GÉRARD; RASPLUS, JEAN-YVES (November 2007). "Phylogenetic analysis of Eurytominae (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) based on morphological characters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 151 (3): 441–510. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00308.x. ISSN 1096-3642.

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