Two new species of Ormyrus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) from Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) galls on Silphium L. (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)
Two new species of Ormyrus Westwood, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Ormyridae) are described: Ormyrus myrae Nastasi, Alcorn, & Davis sp. nov. and Ormyrus bellbowl Nastasi, Alcorn, & Davis sp. nov. Species of Ormyrus are parasitoids in insect galls, especially those induced by Cynipidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea), and the new species are parasitoids in galls induced by Antistrophus Walsh, 1869 (Cynipidae: Aulacideini) on rosinweeds of the genus Silphium L. (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). Ormyrus bellbowl is a parasitoid of Antistrophus meganae Tooker & Hanks, 2004 in stems of S. terebinthinaceum Jacq., as well as other species of Antistrophus inducing inconspicuous galls in stems of S. laciniatum L. Ormyrus myrae is a parasitoid of Antistrophus laciniatus Gillette, 1891 on S. laciniatum and S. terebinthinaceum; the latter represents a new association of A. laciniatus with S. terebinthinaceum. Previous records of O. labotus Walker, 1843 in association with Antistrophus species are suggested as the results of misidentifications.
Authors
- John F. Tooker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9303-6699)
- Heather M. Hines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-5569)
- Andrew Deans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2119-4663)
- Louis F. Nastasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7825-480X)
- M. J. Hatfield
- Charles K. Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6056-3903)
- Timothy S. Frey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2623-7834)
- JELANI K. ALCORN
Institutions
- College of Wooster (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Weatherford College (US)
- Park University (US)
- Madison Group (United States) (US)
- Association for Rural Development (IN)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Chowan University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5601.2.3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03