''Holepyris'' is a genus of
hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...
n
parasitoids in the family
Bethylidae
The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea. As a family, their biology ranges between parasitoid wasps and hunting wasps.
Overview
Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and m ...
. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily
Epyrinae to be polyphyletic, there were 148 species in the genus ''Holepyris''. Following a reclassification aiming at creating monophyletic genera of Epyrinae, 131 ''Holepyris'' species were placed in the genus ''Rysepyris'' (including ''
Holepyris sylvanidis
''Holepyris sylvanidis'', is a species of hymenopteran parasitoid in the family Bethylidae. It parasitizes pests of stored products. Its hosts include the confused flour beetle (preferred host), red flour beetle, sawtoothed grain beetle, mercha ...
'', now ''
Rysepyris sylvanidis'', a species studied as a
biocontrol agent
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, such as insects, mites, weeds, and plant diseases, using other organisms. It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically also invo ...
of some
storage pest
A storage pest is an insect or other animal that damages or destroys stored food or other stored valuable organic matter. Insects are a large proportion of storage pests with each type of crop having specific insects that gravitate towards them suc ...
s), and three ''Formosiepyris'' species were placed in the genus ''Holepyris''.
As a result, there are now 23 species in the genus ''Holepyris'':
Species
* ''
Holepyris africanus''
Kieffer, 19041
* ''
Holepyris agraensis''
(Kurian, 1955)
* ''
Holepyris algoaensis''
Kieffer, 1911
* ''
Holepyris angusticollis''
Kieffer, 1906
* ''
Holepyris bergevini
''Holepyris'' is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be pol ...
''
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* '' Holepyris bidentatus'' Kieffer, 1904
* '' Holepyris crenulatus'' Kieffer, 1906
* '' Holepyris fasciipennis'' Kieffer, 1906
* '' Holepyris fuscipennis'' Kieffer, 1906
* '' Holepyris levicollis'' Kieffer, 1906
* '' Holepyris lineatus'' Kieffer, 1906
* '' Holepyris maculipennis'' (Marshall, 1874)
* '' Holepyris marishi'' (Terayama, 2004)
* '' Holepyris natalensis'' Kieffer, 1913
* '' Holepyris orientalis'' Kieffer, 1906
* ''Holepyris punctaticollis
''Holepyris'' is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be pol ...
'' Kieffer, 1906
* ''Holepyris rufitarsis
''Holepyris'' is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be pol ...
'' Kieffer, 1906
* ''Holepyris rugulosus
''Holepyris'' is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be pol ...
'' (Xu & He, 2005)
* ''Holepyris shiva
''Holepyris'' is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be polyp ...
'' (Terayama, 2004)
* '' Holepyris takasago'' (Terayama, 2004)
* ''Holepyris tibialis
''Holepyris'' is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be pol ...
'' Kieffer, 1906
* '' Holepyris vietnamensis'' (Tsujii et al., 2015)
* '' Holepyris vittatus'' Turner, 1928
References
Braconidae
Braconidae genera
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