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Classification Afrotropical Torymidae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical torymid wasps

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

  • Subfamily Chalcimerinae (Western Palaearctic region)

  • Subfamily Glyphomerinae (Holarctic region)

  • Subfamily Erimerinae [=Microdontomerinae]

  • Subfamily Monodontomerinae

    • Genus Amoturoides Girault, 1932

      • Amoturoides pachymerus Bouček, 1978 (Ghana)

    • Genus Anneckeida Bouček, 1978

      • Anneckeida watshami Bouček, 1978 (Zimbabwe)

    • Genus Chrysochalcissa Girault, 1915

      • Chrysochalcissa afra Bouček, 1978 (Nigeria, Uganda)

    • Genus Pradontomerus Bouček, 1978

      • Pradontomerus hyper Bouček, 1978 (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

  • Subfamily Podagrioninae

    • Tribe Palachiini

      • Genus Palachia Bouček, 1969

        • Palachia caudata Bouček, 1978 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Palachia clavicornis Bouček, 1998 (South Africa)

        • Palachia delvarei Bouček, 1998 (Senegal)

        • Palachia gerhardi Bouček, 1998 (South Africa)

        • Palachia maior Bouček, 1998 (Zimbabwe)

        • Palachia medleri Bouček, 1978 (Cameroon, Nigeria)

        • Palachia minor Bouček, 1998 (South Africa)

        • Palachia mira Bouček, 1978 (Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe))

        • Palachia oculata Bouček, 1978 (Nigeria, Uganda)

        • Palachia tanzanica Bouček, 1998 (Tanzania)

        • Palachia turneri Bouček, 1978 (Botswana, India, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

        • Palachia versicolor Bouček, 1998 (South Africa)

        • Palachia watshami Bouček, 1998   (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Propalachia Bouček, 1978

        • Propalachia infumata Bouček, 1978 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

    • Tribe Podagrionini

      • Genus Mantiphaga Ferrière, 1955

        • Mantiphaga apperti (Risbec, 1954) (Senegal)

        • Mantiphaga bekiliensis (Risbec, 1956) (Madagascar)

        • Mantiphaga capensis Ferrière, 1958 (South Africa)

        • Mantiphaga gongylusae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

        • Mantiphaga hoplocoryphae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

        • Mantiphaga pseudocreobotrae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

      • Genus Micropodagrion Ferrière, 1955

        • Micropodagrion pauliani Ferrière, 1955 (Ivory Coast)

      • Genus Palmon Dalman, 1825

        • Palmon Dalman, 1825

        • Palmon ghesquierei (Ferrière, 1958) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Palmon kivuensis (Ferrière, 1958) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Palmon polyspilotae (Ferrière, 1958) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo)

        • Palmon seyrigi (Ferrière, 1958) (Madagascar)

        • Palmon sphodromantidis (Risbec, 1951) (Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Senegal)

        • Palmon turneri (Ferrière, 1958) (South Africa)

      • Genus Podagrion Spinola, 1811

        • Podagrion ambatobeensis Risbec, 1956 (Madagascar)

        • Podagrion armigerum Masi, 1940 (Somalia)

        • Podagrion bambeyi Risbec, 1951 (Senegal)

        • Podagrion beharensis Risbec, 1956 (Madagascar)

        • Podagrion coeruleum (Saussure, 1890) (Madagascar)

        • Podagrion descampsi Risbec, 1954 (Cameroon)

        • Podagrion diospiri Risbec, 1951 (Senegal)

        • Podagrion enei Bakkendorf, 1960 (Niger, Nigeria)

        • Podagrion fraternum (Westwood, 1847) (Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion)

        • Podagrion galeatae Fischer, 1961 (Ethiopia)

        • Podagrion idomena (Walker, 1850) (Sierra Leone)

        • Podagrion instructum (Walker, 1862) (China, Mauritius, South Africa)

        • Podagrion ivorensis Risbec, 1953 (Ivory Coast)

        • Podagrion longicaudum Masi, 1940 (Somalia)

        • Podagrion meridionale Masi, 1935 (Cyprus, Egypt, Mauritania)

        • Podagrion parvulum Masi, 1940 (Somalia)

        • Podagrion tarachodesi Risbec, 1951 (Ivory Coast, Senegal)

        • Podagrion variabilis Risbec, 1953 (Ivory Coast) 

      • Genus Podagrionella Girault, 1913

        • Podagrionella empusae (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

        • Podagrionella korsakowi (Picard, 1936) (Algeria, Senegal)

        • Podagrionella lamborni (Ferrière, 1958) (Malawi)

        • Podagrionella senegalensis (Risbec, 1951) (Senegal)

  • Subfamily Toryminae

    • Tribe Boucekinini (Nearctic, Neotropical)

    • Tribe Torymini

      • Genus Ecdamua Walker, 1862

        • Ecdamua cadenati (Risbec, 1951) (Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

        • Ecdamua macrotelus Walker, 1862 (Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

      • Genus Odopoia Walker, 1871

        • Odopoia philippiae (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

      • Genus Physothorax Mayr, 1885

        • Physothorax ledouxi (Risbec, 1953) Ivory Coast

      • Genus Torymus Dalman, 1820

        • Torymus ambositrae (Risbec, 1955) (Madagascar)

        • Torymus magnificus (Risbec, 1955) (Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique)

        • Torymus mandrakensis (Risbec, 1956) (Madagascar)

        • Torymus ranomafanensis (Risbec, 1956) (Madagascar)

        • Torymus subnudus Bouček, 1978 (South Africa)

    • Tribe Torymoidini

      • Genus Idiomacromerus Crawford, 1914

        • Idiomacromerus gallicola (Risbec, 1952) (Madagascar)

        • Idiomacromerus trachypogonis (Risbec, 1956) (Madagascar)
      • Genus Pseudotorymus Masi, 1921
        • Pseudotorymus acythopeusi (Risbec, 1951) (Madagascar, Rwanda, Senegal)

        • Pseudotorymus africanus (Crosby, 1909) (Mozambique, Senegal)

        • Pseudotorymus australis (Risbec, 1956) (Madagascar)

        • Pseudotorymus gallaephila (Risbec, 1951) (Madagascar, Senegal)

        • Pseudotorymus leguminosae (Risbec, 1951) (India, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal)

        • Pseudotorymus mesembryanthemumi (Cameron, 1904) (South Africa)

        • Pseudotorymus metallicus (Risbec, 1957) (Rwanda)
      • Genus Senegalella Risbec, 1951

        • Senegalella acythopeusi Risbec, 1951 (Madagascar, Rwanda, Senegal)

        • Senegalella australis Risbec, 1951 (Madagascar)

        • Senegalella leguminosae Risbec, 1951 (Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal. Also Oriental: India)

        • Senegalella metallica Risbec, 1951 (Rwanda)

      • Genus Torymoides Walker, 1871

        • Torymoides latus (Bouček, 1978) (South Africa)

    • Taxa incertae sedis

References

Jansta, P & Cruaud, A & Delvare, G & Genson, G & Heraty, J & Krizkova, B & Rasplus, J-Y. 2017. Torymidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) revised: Molecular phylogeny, circumscription and reclassification of the family with discussion of its biogeography and evolution of life-history traits. Cladistics. 10.1111/cla.12228.

Lotfalizadeh H, Mirzaee Z, Tavakoli-Korghond G, Janšta P, Rasplus J-Y. 2024. Erimerinae, a prior name to Microdontomerinae (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) with the description of a new genus and three new species from Iran. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97: 85–103. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.115028

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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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