Torymus

Torymus is a genus of chalcid wasps from the family Torymidae, and there are more than 400 spp. worldwide. It was named by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1820.^[1] Most species are ectoparasitoids of gall forming insects, usually gall wasps and gall midges.

Torymus sp., female

Torymus
Torymus cecidomyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Torymidae
Subfamily:	Toryminae
Genus:	Torymus Dalman, 1820
Type species
Torymus bedeguaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
400+ species
Synonyms
Callimome Spinola, 1811 Callimomus Thomson, 1876 Diamorus Walker, 1834 Dihomerus Schulz, 1906 Diomorus Walker, 1834 Hemitorymus Ashmead, 1904 Lioterphus Thomson, 1876 Misocampe Latreille, 1818 Misocampus Stephens, 1829 Nannocerus Mayr, 1885 Parasympiesis Brèthes, 1927 Syntomaspis Förster, 1856

See also

• List of Torymus species