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Pirenidae

Classification and checklist of World pirenid wasps

Classification

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

  • Family PireniDae

    • Subfamily Cecidellinae

      • Genus Cecidellis Hanson, 2005

    • Subfamily Eriaporinae

      • Genus Eunotiscus Compere, 1928

        • Eunotiscus gahani Compere, 1928 (South Africa)

        • Eunotiscus hypogaeus Ghesquière, 1954 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Genus Promuscidea Girault, 1917

        • Promuscidea comperella (Ghesquière, 1955) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

        • Promuscidea congolia (Ghesquière, 1955) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Promuscidea laticeps (Waterston, 1917) (Congo, Ghana)

        • Promuscidea unfasciativentris Girault, 1917 (Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka)

    • Subfamily Euryischiinae

      • Genus Euryischia Riley, 1889

        • Euryischia leucopidis Silvestri, 1915 (Eritrea)

      • Genus Euryischomyia Girault,

      • Genus Myiocnema Ashmead

    • Subfamily Pireninae

      • Genus Ecrizotomorpha Mani, 1939

      • Genus Keesia Mitroiu, 2011

      • Genus Lasallea Bouček, 1993

      • Genus Macroglenes Westwood, 1832

      • Genus Papuaglenes Mitroiu, 2016

      • Genus Petipirene Bouček, 1988

      • Genus Velepirene Bouček, 1988

      • Genus Watshamia Bouček, 1974

      • Genus Zebe La Salle, 2005

    • Subfamily Tridyminae

      • GenusAfrothopus Mitroiu, 2024

      • Genus Calyconotiscus Narendran & Saleem, 2012

      • Genus Ecrizotes Förster, 1861

      • Genus Epiterobia Girault, 1914

      • Genus Gastrancistrus Westwood, 1833

        • Gastrancistrus plectroniae (Risbec, 1960) (Madagascar)

      • Genus Melancistrus Graham, 1969

      • Genus Oxyglypta Förster, 1856

      • Genus Premiscogaster Girault, 1933

      • Genus Sirovena Bouček, 1988

      • Genus Spathopus Ashmead, 1904

      • Genus Spinancistrus Kamijo, 1977

References

Bouček, Z. 1988. Australasian Chalcidoidea, a biosystematic revision of genera of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. 832 pp.

Burks R, Mitroiu M-D, Fusu L, Heraty JM, Janšta P, Heydon S, Papilloud ND-S, Peters RS, Tselikh EV, Woolley JB, van Noort S, Baur H, Cruaud A, Darling C, Haas M, Hanson P, Krogmann L, Rasplus J-Y. 2022. From hell’s heart I stab at thee! A determined approach to rendering Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera) monophyletic. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94:13-88. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.94.94263

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.

Mitroiu MD, van Noort S, Rasplus JY. 2024. New genera of Afrotropical Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera: Cerocephalidae, Epichrysomallidae, Pirenidae and Pteromalidae). PeerJ 12:e16798  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16798

Prinsloo, G.L. 1980. An illustrated guide to the families of African Chalcidoidea. Rep. S. Afr., Dept. Agric. Fish. Sci. Bull. No. 395: 1-66.

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2025. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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