The Eurytomidae are a family within the superfamily

Chalcidoidea Chalcid wasps (, , for their metallic colour) are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera. The superfamily contains some 22,500 known species, and an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, me ...

. Unlike most chalcidoids, the

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

e of many are

phytophagous A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their plant diet, herbivorous animals typically have mouthpar ...

(feeding in stems, seeds, or

gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...

s), while others are more typical

parasitoid In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...

s, though even then the hosts are usually found within plant tissues. 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

, Eurytomid genera include: Buresiinae Lotfalizadeh et al, 2007 * '' Buresium'' * '' Macrorileya'' Eurytominae * '' Aiolomorphus'' * '' Aranedra'' * '' Austrodecatoma'' * '' Ausystole'' * '' Axanthosoma'' * '' Axanthosomella'' * '' Axima'' * '' Aximopsis'' * '' Banyoma'' * '' Bephrata'' * '' Bephratelloides'' * '' Bephratoides'' * '' Bruchodape'' * ''

Bruchophagus ''Bruchophagus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Eurytomidae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in ...

'' * '' Burksoma'' * '' Camponotophilus'' * '' Cathilaria'' * '' Chryseida'' * '' Chryseurytoma'' * '' Endobia'' * '' Eudoxinna'' * ''

Eurytoma ''Eurytoma'' is a genus of parasitoid chalcid wasps in the family Eurytomidae. There are at least 620 described species in ''Eurytoma''. File:Eurytoma gigantea.jpg, ''E. gigantea'' larva File:Eurytoma male.jpg, ''Eurytoma'' sp. adult male File ...

'' * '' Eurytomocharis'' * '' Exeurytoma'' * '' Ficomila'' * '' Foutsia'' * '' Fronsoma'' * '' Gibsonoma'' * '' Giraultoma'' * '' Heimbrella'' * '' Hexeurytoma'' * '' Homodecatoma'' * '' Houstonia'' * '' Isosomodes'' * '' Kavayva'' * '' Khamul'' * '' Mangoma'' * '' Masneroma'' * '' Neobephrata'' * '' Parabruchophagus'' * '' Paradecatoma'' * '' Philippinoma'' * '' Philolema'' * '' Phleudecatoma'' * '' Phylloxeroxenus'' * '' Plutarchia'' * '' Prodecatoma'' * '' Prodecatomidea'' * '' Proseurytoma'' * '' Pseudotetramesa'' * ''

Ramanuja Ramanuja (Middle Tamil: Rāmāṉujam; Classical Sanskrit: Rāmanuja; 1017 CE – 1137 CE; ; ), also known as Ramanujacharya, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and a social reformer. He is noted to be one of the most important exponents o ...

'' * '' Ramdasoma'' * '' Risbecoma'' * '' Stigmeurytoma'' * '' Syceurytoma'' * '' Sycophila'' * ''

Systole Systole ( ) is the part of the cardiac cycle during which some chambers of the heart contract after refilling with blood. The term originates, via New Latin, from Ancient Greek (''sustolē''), from (''sustéllein'' 'to contract'; from ''sun ...

'' * '' Systolema'' * '' Tenuipetiolus'' * '' Tetramesa'' * '' Tetramesella'' * '' Townesoma'' * '' Zerovella'' Heimbrinae * '' Heimbra'' * '' Symbra'' Rileyinae * '' Austrophotismus'' * '' Boucekiana'' * '' Dougiola'' * '' Gatesina'' * '' Neorileya'' * '' Platyrileya'' * ''

Rileya ''Rileya'' is a genus of parasitoid hymenopteran named and described in 1888. It belongs to the Eurytomidae.Riley, C.V.; Ashmead, W.H.; Howard, L.O. (1894) Report upon the parasitic Hymenoptera of the island of St. Vincent., JOURBOOK: Journal of ...

References

External links

Universal Chalcidoidea Database
Pinned specimen images.

on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Bugguide.net. Family Eurytomidae
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