Alice Springs Desert Park
ASDP WaspsBembicinae and Bembix Chrysididae Cuckoo Wasp Potter Wasp Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Delta philantes Radumeris radula (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Torymus Chalcid Wasp
The genus Torymus are a group of Chalcid Wasps from the family Torymidae. Most of the species in this group are ectoparasitoids of gall forming insects.
The pictured Torymus were often seen on the Poached Egg Daisy (Polycalymma stuartii). They are very small flying insect.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
- Family: Torymidae
- Subfamily: Toryminae
- Genus: Torymus
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Ken Walker, member of Australian Polistinae and other Hymenoptera, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/188453645581988/
- Torymus Dalman, 1820, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Torymus
- Genus Torymus, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/250220-Torymus
ASDP WaspsBembicinae and Bembix Chrysididae Cuckoo Wasp Potter Wasp Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Delta philantes Radumeris radula (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Torymus Chalcid Wasp
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