Chrysonotomyia

Chrysonotomyia
Chrysonotomyia corynata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Eulophidae
Subfamily: Entedoninae
Genus: Chrysonotomyia
Ashmead, 1904
Type species
Chrysonotomyia auripunctata
(Ashmead, 1894)
Species

Chrysonotomyia is a genus of small parasitoid wasps in the family Eulophidae, with over 170 described species.[1][2] Members of the genus tend to attack insect larvae that feed within living plant tissue, such as gall-formers, leaf-miners and stem-miners. The Neotropics contain most described species. Within the region, most attack galls induced by Cecidomyiidae midges, although there are also records from Torymidae galls, Cynipidae galls, Psyllidae galls, Momphidae leaf mines and scale insects in the family Coccidae.[3]

Chrysonotomyia species can be recognized by the following combination of characteristics: clypeus delimited on the sides only, postmarginal vein usually shorter than stigmal vein (although it is longer in some species), midlobe of mesoscutum with one pair of hairs (2-3 in some species), notauli poorly delimited or missing,[3] and the flagellum with L-shaped peg sensilla.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Key to the Nearctic genera of Eulophidae, subfamilies: Entedoninae, Euderinae, and Eulophinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Noyes, J.S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication". Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).