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Eurytomidae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical eurytomid wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eurytomidae)

  • Subfamily EURYTOMINAE

    • Genus Aximopsis Ashmead, 1904

      • Aximopsis acaciacola (Hedqvist, 1967) (Chad)

      • Aximopsis caryedocida (Rasplus, 1988) (Ivory Coast)

      • Aximopsis lamtoensis (Rasplus, 1988) (Ivory Coast)

      • Aximopsis mateui (Hedqvist, 1967)

      • Aximopsis mimosarum (Rasplus, 1988) (Ivory Coast)

      • Aximopsis obocki (Risbec, 1955) (Somalia)

      • Aximopsis oryzivora (Delvare, 1988) (Cameroon, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania)

      • Aximopsis saharensis (Hedqvist, 1967)

      • Aximopsis senegalensis (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

      • Aximopsis tropicana (Risbec, 1953) (Ivory Coast)

    • Genus Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1888

      • Bruchophagus conapionis (Rasplus, 1988) (Ivory Coast)

      • Bruchophagus houardi (Risbec, 1957) (Senegal)

      • Bruchophagus indigoferae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

      • Bruchophagus mellipes Gahan, 1919 (Australia, Brazil, India, U.S.A.)

      • Bruchophagus seyali (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

      • Bruchophagus vignae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

    • Genus Buresium Bouček, 1970

      • Buresium tenue Bouček, 1983 (South Africa)

      • Buresium watshami Bouček, 1983 (Zimbabwe)

    • Genus Eurytoma Illiger, 1807    

      • Eurytoma acaciae Risbec, 1951 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma acuminata Masi, 1940 (Somalia)

      • Eurytoma aloineae (Burks, 1958) (Ethiopia, Germany, South Africa)

      • Eurytoma altiventris Masi, 1940 (Somalia)

      • Eurytoma apantelesi Risbec, 1951 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma apionidis Risbec, 1951 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma arabica Risbec, 1951 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma attiva Burks, 1958 (Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Trinidad) & Tobago

      • Eurytoma basilewskyi Risbec, 1957 (Burundi, Rwanda)

      • Eurytoma biumbae Risbec, 1957 (Rwanda)

      • Eurytoma bryophylli Neser, 2008 (Afrotropical: Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda; Oriental, Palaearctic)

      • Eurytoma congolense Delucchi, 1956 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Eurytoma crotolariae Risbec, 1951 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma diopsisi Risbec, 1956 (Cameroon)

      • Eurytoma electa Crosby, 1909 (Mozambique)

      • Eurytoma elongatula Silvestri, 1915 (Eritrea)

      • Eurytoma enicospilusi Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

      • Eurytoma erythrinae Gates & Delvare, 2008

      • Eurytoma ficusgallae Bouček, 1981 (Zimbabwe)

      • Eurytoma galeati Girault, 1916 (Uganda)

      • Eurytoma ivohibei Risbec, 1957 (Madagascar, Réunion)

      • Eurytoma lepidopterae Risbec, 1951 (Cameroon, Senegal)

      • Eurytoma natalensis Cameron, 1907 (South Africa)

      • Eurytoma obesa Risbec, 1957 (Burundi, Rwanda)

      • Eurytoma oleae Silvestri, 1915 (Eritrea)

      • Eurytoma oliphantis Hedqvist, 1976 (Sudan)

      • Eurytoma orseoliphaga Delvare, 1988 (Cameroon)

      • Eurytoma palliditarsis Cameron, 1911 (South Africa)

      • Eurytoma perineti Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

      • Eurytoma piezotracheli Rasplus, 1988 (Ivory Coast)

      • Eurytoma pletiodropa Delvare, 1988 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma poredipleta Delvare, 1988 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma radicicola Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

      • Eurytoma reunionensis Risbec, 1957 (Madagascar, Réunion)

      • Eurytoma risbecomaphaga Rasplus, 1988 (Ivory Coast)

      • Eurytoma spermophaga Silvestri, 1915 (Eritrea)

      • Eurytoma striatula Cameron, 1905 (South Africa)

      • Eurytoma tenebrica Crosby, 1909 (Mozambique)

      • Eurytoma testaceitarsis (Cameron, 1905) (South Africa)

      • Eurytoma toddaliae Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

      • Eurytoma tolidepepra Delvare, 1988 (Senegal)

      • Eurytoma transvaalensis Cameron, 1911 (South Africa)

      • Eurytoma varicolor Silvestri, 1915 (Eritrea)

      • Eurytoma verbena Ferrière, 1931 (Senegal, Somalia)

    • Genus Eurytomaria Masi, 1943

      • Eurytomaria aximoides Masi, 1943 (Somalia)

    • Genus Ficomila Bouček, 1981

      • Ficomila artocarpoides Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila bouceki Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila carolae Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila curtivena Bouček, 1981 (Namibia, Zimbabwe)
      • Ficomila gambiensis (Risbec, 1955) (Gambia)

      • Ficomila comptoni Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila flava Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila gabonensis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila gibba Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila guinensis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila sinai Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila tanzanica Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Ficomila vannoorti Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
    • Genus Fronsoma Narendran, 1994

      • Fronsoma ellenbergeri (Risbec, 1955) (Gabon)

    • Genus Gibsonoma Narendran, 1994

      • Gibsonoma amborasahae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Gibsonoma aphloiae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Gibsonoma bararakae (Rsbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Gibsonoma eugeniae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Gibsonoma mandrakae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Gibsonoma pauliani (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Gibsonoma plectroniae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Gibsonoma tavolae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

    • Genus Macrorileya Ashmead, 1904

      • Macrorileya antanimorae Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

    • Genus Paradecatoma Masi, 1943

      • Paradecatoma bannensis Masi, 1943 (Somalia)

    • Genus Philolema Cameron, 1908

      • Philolema arachnovora (Hesse, 1942) (Cuba, Jamaica, Philippines, South Africa)

      • Philolema arnoldi (Waterston, 1926) (Zimbabwe)

      • Philolema bambeyi (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

      • Philolema braconidis (Ferrière, 1929) (Afrotropical: Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda; Oriental)

      • Philolema syleptae (Ferrière, 1931) (Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone)

    • Genus Phylloxeroxenus Ashmead, 1888

      • Phylloxeroxenus cressoni (Howard, 1897)

    • Genus Plutarchia Girault, 1925

      • Plutarchia giraulti Subba Rao, 1974 (Nigeria)

    • Genus Prodecatoma Ashmead, 1904

      • Prodecatoma madagascariensis Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

      • Prodecatoma ranomafanae Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

      • Prodecatoma seyrigi Risbec, 1952 (Madagascar)

      • Prodecatoma vassei Risbec, 1955 (Mozambique) 

    • Genus Prodecatomoidea Risbec, 1952

      • Prodecatomoidea bekiliensis Risbec, 1952 (Mozambique)

    • Genus Risbecoma Subba Rao, 1978

      • Risbecoma capensis (Walker, 1862) (Senegal, South Africa)

      • Risbecoma pigrae Rasplus, 1988 (Ivory Coast)

    • Genus Syceurytoma Bouček, 1981

      • Syceurytoma ficus Bouček, 1981 (India, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe) 

    • Genus Sycophila Walker, 1871  

      • Sycophila (Ficorytoma) delvarei Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024

      • Sycophila (Ficorytoma) persicae Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) annae Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) bidentata Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) longiflagellata Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) chirindensis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) decatomoides Walker,1871
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) fici (Joseph,1961)
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) ficophila Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) fusca Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) karnatakensis (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) kestraneura (Masi, 1917)
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) lasallei Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) macrospermae Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) meridionalis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) nigra Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) nigriterga Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) petiolata Chen,1999
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) suricola Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Sycophila) zebra Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) beninensis Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) busseicola Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) curta Chen,1999
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) dharwarensis (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) flaviclava Bouček, 1981 (Zimbabwe)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) glumosae Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) luteacola Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) maculifacies Chen, 1999
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) maldesi Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) minuta Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) modesta Bouček, 1981 (Zimbabwe)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) naso Bouček, 1981 (Namibia, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) pilosa (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) platygastra Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) punctum Bouček, 1981 (Zimbabwe)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) ruandensis Risbec, 1957
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) risbeci Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) robusta (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) sessilis Bouček, 1981 (Zimbabwe)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) setulosa Zerova, 2009 (Yemen)
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) wiebesi Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila (Tineomyza) zebrogastra Lotfalizadeh & Rasplus, 2024
      • Sycophila aethiopica (Silvestri, 1915) (Eritrea)

      • Sycophila benghalensis (Joseph & Abdurahiman,1968)
      • Sycophila cassinopsisi (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)
      • Sycophila hilla Watsham, 1977 (Zimbabwe)

      • Sycophila nigrofasciata (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Sycophila persephone (Girault,1927)
      • Sycophila plectroniae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)
      • Sycophila ruandensis (Risbec, 1957) (Rwanda)
      • Sycophila rubra (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)
    • Genus Tetramesa Walker, 1848

      • Tetramesa aristidae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

      • Tetramesa decaryi (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Tetramesa macalusoi (De Stefani, 1908) (Somalia)

      • Tetramesa tananarivense (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

  • Subfamily RILEYINAE

    • Not present in the Afrotropical Region (Gates, 2008).

References

Bouček, Z. 1969. On some new or otherwise interesting Torymidae, Ormyridae, Eurytomidae and Pteromalidae (Hym.) mainly from the Mediterranean subregion. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria 'Filippo Silvestri', Portici 27: 27-54.

Bouček, Z. 1983. On Buresium, Masneroma (n. gen.) and some other Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 14: 186-194. doi:10.1163/187631283X00065

Burks, B.D. 1958. A new Bruchophagus from liliaceous plant with a host plant list for the genus (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 59: 273-277.

Delvare, G. 1988. Revision des Eurytoma (Hym.: Eurytomidae) d'Afrique occidentale decrits par Risbec. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 24: 117-149.

Gates, M.W. 2008. Species revision and generic systematics of World Rileyinae (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 127: 1-332.

Gates, M. & Delvare, G. 2008. A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist. Zootaxa, 1751, 1–24.

Gibson G.A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Heraty, J.M., Burks, R.A., Cruaud, A., Gibson, G.A.P., Liljeblad, J., Munro, J., Rasplus, J.-Y., Delvare, G., Janšta, P., Gumovsky, A., Huber, J., Woolley, J.B., Krogmann, L., Heydon, S., Polaszek, A., Schmidt, S., Darling, D.C., Gates, M.W., Mottern, J., Murray, E., Dal Molin, A., Triapitsyn, S., Baur, H., Pinto, J.D., van Noort, S., George, J. & Yoder, M. 2013. A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics 29: 466–542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12006

Lotfalizadeh, H., Delvare, G., & Rasplus, J.-Y. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of Eurytominae (Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) based on morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 151, 441–510.

Rasplus, J.-Y. 1988, Nouvelles espèces d'Eurytomidae principalement parasites de coléoptères séminivores de légumineuses en Côte d'Ivoire (Lamto) (Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea). Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e Bachicoltura, Milano (II) 20: 89-114.

 

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Photograph © Vida van der Walt.


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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