Thaumatorymus Ferrière & Novicky 

Distribution

Palaearctic: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Spain, Tunisia.

Biology

Parasitoids of the gall wasps Aulacidea hypochoeridis (Kieffer) and Phanacis hypochoeridis (Kieffer) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aylacini) on Hypochaeris spp. (Asteraceae) (Askew et al., 2006; Bouček, 1977; Herting, 1977).

References

Askew, R. R., Plantard, O., Gómez, J. F., Hernandez Nieves, M. and Nieves-Aldrey, J. L. 2006. Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in West Palaearctic. Zootaxa, 1301: 3-60.
Bouček, Z. 1977. A faunistic review of the Yugoslavian Chalcidoidea (Parasitic Hymenoptera). Acta Entomologica Jugoslavica, 13 (Supplement): 1-145.

Ferrière, C. & Novicky, S. 1954. Un nouveau genre de torymide (Hym. Chalcidoidea). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 27:33-37.

Herting, B. 1977. Hymenoptera. A catalogue of parasites and predators of terrestrial arthropods. Section A. Host or Prey/Enemy. 4:106 Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Institute of Biological Control.

Lotfalizadeh, H & Gharali, B & Rasplus, J-Y.2020. Thaumatorymus Ferrière and Novicky, 1954 (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), a rare and monotypic genus discovered in Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 9 (3): 411-419.

Credits

Photograph © Hossein Lotfalizadeh (East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran),