Biology:Ormyrus nitidulus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ormyridae |
| Genus: | Ormyrus |
| Species: | O. nitidulus
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| Ormyrus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1804)
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Ormyrus nitidulus is a species of parasitoid wasp in the family Ormyridae. It is primarily associated with oak gall wasps. Ormyrus nitidulus is a small metallic wasp with an approximate adult length of around 5mm.[1] It has a fairly widespread distribution, being found across the Palaearctic.[2]
Distribution
Per the Universal Chalcidoidea Database, O. nitidulus is found across Western Palaearctic realm, from the north-west in the United Kingdom to Algeria in the south, and as far east as Iran.[3][2]
Biology
Ormyrus nitidulus larvae are idiobiont ectoparasitoids primarily associated with oak gall wasps, including but not limited to species in the genera Andricus, Cynips, and Biorhiza.[1][2] The species is stated to be less polyphagous than the related Ormyrus pomaceus which utlizes a wider range of host oak gall wasps.[1]
Morphology and identification
Species in the genus Ormyrus are generally characterised by bright metallic colours, the coarsely crenulated sculpture of the metasoma, well-developed hind coxae, short stigmal veins and two stout and curved metatibial spurs.[1]
O. nitidulus can be distinguished from the other oak gall wasp-parasitizing members of the genus in the palaearctic by its distinctly elongated epipygium, as opposed to the shorter epipygia in other Ormyrus species.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Goméz, José F.; Hernández Nieves, María; F. Gayubo, Severiano; Nieves-Aldrey, Jose Luis (2017-01-10). "Terminal-instar larval systematics and biology of west European species of Ormyridae associated with insect galls (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)". ZooKeys (Pensoft Publishers) (644): 51–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.644.10035. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 28144185. Bibcode: 2017ZooK..644...51G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Noyes, John (2021). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". Natural History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids.
- ↑ Kechrid, Rachid; Adjami, Yasmine; Kermiche, Khamssa; Ouakid, Mohamed Laid (2025-06-19). "Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in northeastern Algeria" (in en). Zootaxa 5647 (6): 541–557. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5647.6.3. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5647.6.3.
- ↑ Zerova, M.; Seryogina, L.; Van Harten, A. (2012-01-01). "New and Formerly Unknown Ormyridae Species from the United Arab Emirates (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)". Vestnik Zoologii 46 (2): e–14–e-22. doi:10.2478/v10058-012-0011-3. ISSN 2073-2333. https://content.sciendo.com/doi/10.2478/v10058-012-0011-3.
Wikidata ☰ Q13937684 entry
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