''Chrysonotomyia'' is a genus of small

parasitoid wasps Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causi ...

in the family

Eulophidae The Eulophidae is a large family of hymenopteran insects, with over 4,300 described species in some 300 genera. The family includes the genus '' Elasmus'', which used to be treated as a separate family, "Elasmidae", and is now treated as a subfa ...

, with over 170 described species. Members of the genus tend to attack insect larvae that feed within living plant tissue, such as gall-formers, leaf-miners and stem-miners. The

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contain most described species. Within the region, most attack galls induced by

Cecidomyiidae Cecidomyiidae is a family of diptera, flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls. Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small in ...

midges, although there are also records from

Torymidae Torymidae is a family of wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. Most species in this family are small with attractive metallic coloration, and females generally have long ovipositors. Many are parasitoids on gall-forming insects, and some are phy ...

galls,

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galls,

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galls, Momphidae leaf mines and scale insects in the family

Coccidae Coccidae, from Ancient Greek (''kókkos''), meaning "kernel" or "Kermes (insect), Kermes", are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Scale insect, Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales ...

. ''Chrysonotomyia'' species can be recognized by the following combination of characteristics: clypeus delimited on the sides only, postmarginal vein usually shorter than stigmal vein (although it is longer in some species), midlobe of mesoscutum with one pair of hairs (2-3 in some species), notauli poorly delimited or missing, and the

flagellum A flagellum (; : flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hair-like appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores ( zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many pr ...

with L-shaped peg sensilla.

Species

The following is an inexhaustive list of ''Chrysonotomyia'' species:

A

B

* '' Chrysonotomyia babayanzi'' Myartseva & Kurashev, 1991 * '' Chrysonotomyia barbata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia bifasciatus'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia bimaculata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia bivittata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia brevicornis'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia burrufascia'' Hansson, 2004

C

D

* '' Chrysonotomyia deltaceps'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia dictyota'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia dinomerinx'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia disticha'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia dolichogaster'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia dolichura'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia dominicana'' Gumovsky, 2001 * '' Chrysonotomyia douglassi'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia dubia'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia dumasi'' (Girault, 1915) * '' Chrysonotomyia dussiae'' Paniagua & Hansson, 2009

E

* '' Chrysonotomyia elongata'' (Sureshan & Narendran, 2001) * '' Chrysonotomyia epacra'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia erugata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia etiellae'' (Risbec, 1955)

F

* '' Chrysonotomyia fasciata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia fasciatipennis'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia foersteri'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia froudei'' (Girault, 1922)

G

* '' Chrysonotomyia galbina'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia germanica'' (Erdös, 1956) * '' Chrysonotomyia glabriscutellum'' (Girault, 1915) * '' Chrysonotomyia godoyae'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia grandis'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia grossa'' Hansson, 2004

H

* '' Chrysonotomyia helvola'' Hansson, 2004

I

* '' Chrysonotomyia indigitus'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia ingagena'' Hansson, 2004

J

* '' Chrysonotomyia jimenezi'' Hansson, 2004

K

* '' Chrysonotomyia karakalensis'' Myartseva & Kurashev, 1991

L

M

* '' Chrysonotomyia machaeriae'' Paniagua & Hansson, 2009 * '' Chrysonotomyia mackayensis'' (Girault, 1915) * '' Chrysonotomyia macrura'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia maculata'' (Delucchi, 1962) * '' Chrysonotomyia maculatipennis'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia madhucae'' Singh, 2022 * '' Chrysonotomyia magnifica'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia malabarica'' (Narendran & Surekha, 1992) * '' Chrysonotomyia maurogaster'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia mayri'' (Girault, 1915) * '' Chrysonotomyia megalops'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia melasoma'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia metallica'' (Ashmead, 1894) * '' Chrysonotomyia micraulax'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia mira'' (Girault, 1934) * '' Chrysonotomyia montigena'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia multitincta'' Hansson, 2004

N

* '' Chrysonotomyia nectandrigena'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia neeigena'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia nigripes'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia niveicornis'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia niveicrus'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia niveipes'' (Girault, 1915) * '' Chrysonotomyia novimaculatipennis'' (Girault, 1915)

O

* '' Chrysonotomyia obesula'' Boucek, 1986 * '' Chrysonotomyia occidentalis'' (Girault, 1915) * '' Chrysonotomyia olympus'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia osae'' Hansson, 2004

P

Q

* '' Chrysonotomyia quinquedentata'' (Girault, 1915)

R

* '' Chrysonotomyia reticulata'' Sheng & Zhan, 2000 * '' Chrysonotomyia rexia'' Narendran, 2001 * '' Chrysonotomyia ricini'' Parshuram & Agnihotri, 2017 * '' Chrysonotomyia rubii'' Hansson, 2004

S

* '' Chrysonotomyia santarosae'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia sarmatica'' (Erdös, 1966) * '' Chrysonotomyia serjaniae'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia setiscuta'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia speciosus'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia strigifer'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia striolata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia sudoensis'' Paik, 1992 * '' Chrysonotomyia susbelli'' O'Loughlin et al., 2024

T

* '' Chrysonotomyia tekensis'' (Myartseva & Kurashev, 1991) * '' Chrysonotomyia temporata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia thapsina'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia thysanota'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia tobiasi'' Myartseva & Kurashev, 1991 * '' Chrysonotomyia trifasciatus'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia tristicha'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia trjapitzini'' Myartseva & Kurashev, 1991 * '' Chrysonotomyia turkmenica'' Myartseva & Kurashev, 1991

U

* '' Chrysonotomyia unifasciata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia unimaculata'' Paniagua & Hansson, 2009 * '' Chrysonotomyia upalacola'' Hansson, 2004

V

* '' Chrysonotomyia variclava'' (Girault, 1915) * '' Chrysonotomyia varicolor'' (Girault, 1913) * '' Chrysonotomyia variegata'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia varitincta'' Hansson, 2004 * '' Chrysonotomyia voltairei'' (Girault, 1915)

X

* '' Chrysonotomyia xuthotela'' Hansson, 2004

Y

* '' Chrysonotomyia younusi'' Hayat & Perveen, 2005

Z

* '' Chrysonotomyia zaommomomorpha'' (Girault, 1915)

References

Eulophidae Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera {{Eulophidae-stub