Torymus Dalman

(associated with figs)

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

Torymus Dalman 1820. Type species: Ichneumon bedeguaris Linnaeus 1758.

Tomyrus biarticulatus (Mayr, 1885)

Torymus sp.

Distribution

Brazil, Costa Rica

Biology

Host figs: Ficus altissima, Ficus aurea, Ficus citrifolia, Ficus gomelleira, Ficus lapathifolia

Reference

Bouček, Z., 1993. The genera of Chalcidoid wasps from Ficus fruit in the New World. Journal of Natural History, 27: 173-217.

Mayr, G. 1885. Feigeninsecten. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 35, 147-250.

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