''Galeopsomyia'' is a
New World
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genus of
hymenoptera
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n
insect
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s of the family
Eulophidae
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. The genus is a
hyperparasitoid of other gall-inducing wasps of the genera ''
Eurytoma'' and ''
Torymus
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''.
Species
The following species are included in ''Galeopsomyia'':
*''
Galeopsomyia compacta''
(Howard
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, 1897)
*''
Galeopsomyia cupreus''
( Ashmead, 1894)
*''
Galeopsomyia deilochus''
( Walker, 1839)
*''
Galeopsomyia epidius
''Galeopsomyia'' is a New World genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. The genus is a hyperparasitoid of other gall-inducing wasps of the genera ''Eurytoma'' and ''Torymus''.
Species
The following species are included in ''Gal ...
''
(Walker, 1847)
*''
Galeopsomyia fausta''
LaSalle, 1997
*''
Galeopsomyia haemon''
(Walker, 1847)
*''
Galeopsomyia nicaraguaensis''
(Cameron
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;Mononym
* Cam'ron (born 197 ...
, 1904)
*''
Galeopsomyia nigrocyanea''
(Ashmead, 1886)
*''
Galeopsomyia persimilis''
(Ashmead, 1904)
*''
Galeopsomyia scadius''
(Walker, 1843)
*''
Galeopsomyia squamosa''
( Girault, 1917)
*''
Galeopsomyia sulcata''
(Howard, 1897)
*''
Galeopsomyia transcarinata''
(Gahan
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, 1919)
*''
Galeopsomyia valerus''
(Walker, 1839)
*''
Galeopsomyia viridicyanea''
(Ashmead, 1904)
References
Key to Nearctic eulophid generaUniversal Chalcidoidea Database
Eulophidae
Hyperparasites
Taxa named by Alexandre Arsène Girault
Hymenoptera genera
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