Orussidae

• Family ORUSSIDAE

  • Genus Chalinus Konow, 1897

    • Chalinus albitibialis Vilhelmsen, 2005 (Morocco)

    • Chalinus berlandi Guiglia 1935, (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Chalinus braunsi (Enslin, 1911) (Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa)

    • Chalinus haugi du Buysson, 1902 (Gabon)

    • Chalinus imperialis (Westwood) 1874, (Ghana, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania)

    • Chalinus orientalis Guiglia, 1937 (Tanzania)

    • Chalinus purpureiventris Cameron, 1912 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Chalinus somalicus Guiglia, 1935 (Somalia, Kenya)

    • Chalinus timnaensis Kraus, 1998 (Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Israel)

      • Species inquirendae:

        • ?Chalinus oberthueri (Saussure, 1890) (Madagascar or Reunion)

        • Chalinus plumicornis (Guérin-Menneville, 1848) (Ethiopia, South Africa)

  • Genus Leptorussus Benson, 1955
    • Leptorussus africanus Benson, 1955 (Zimbabwe)
    • Leptorussus kwazuluensis Vilhelmsen, 2003 (South Africa)
  • Genus Orussus Latreille, 1796
    • Orussus afer Guiglia, 1937 (Congo)
    • Orussus schoutedeni Guiglia, 1937 (Congo)
    • Orussus scutator (Benson, 1955) (Sierra Leone)
    • Orussus spinifer (Benson, 1955) (Zimbabwe)
    • Orussus tessmanni Enslin, 1913 (Guinea)
  • Genus Pedicrista Benson, 1935
    • Pedicrista hyalina Benson, 1935 (Zimbabwe, Malawi)

References

Vilhelmsen, L. 2001. Systematic revision of the genera Chalinus Konow, 1897 and Mocsarya Konow, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Orussidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32: 361-380.

Vilhelmsen, L. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a basal parasitic wasp taxon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 337-418.

Vilhelmsen, L. 2004. The old wasp and the tree: fossils, phylogeny and biogeography in the Orussidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 82: 139-160.