Orthogonalys Schulz

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Trigonalioidea; Family: Trigonalidae; Subfamily: Orthogonalinae)

Orthogonalys Schulz 1905. Type species: Orthogonalys boliviana Schulz 1905

Tapinogonalos Schulz 1907 (synonymy by Carmean & Kimsey 1998)

Satogonalos Teranishi 1931 (synonomy by Tsuneki 1991)

	Orthogonalys hova Bischoff, 1933
	Orthogonalys gigantea Benoit, 1951
	Orthogonalys seyrigi seyrigi Bischoff, 1933
	Orthogonalys seyrigi maculata Bischoff, 1933
	Orthogonalys species

Distribution	Worldwide, except for Western Palaearctic and Australasia.
Biology	Parasitoid of Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitizing Lepidoptera larva.
References	Bischoff, H. 1933. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Trigonaloiden. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum. Berlin 19, 480-496. Carmean, D. & Kimsey, L. 1998. Phylogenetic revision of the parasitoid wasp family Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 23, 35-76. Schulz, W.A. 1905. Hymenopteren-Studien. Engelmann, Leipzig. Weinsten, P. & Austin, A.D. 1991. The host relationships of trigonalyid wasps (Hymenoptera: Trigonalyidae), with a review of their biology and catalogue to world species. Journal of Natural History 25, 399-433.
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