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Abstract
The circumscription of the family Ormyridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is revised after phylogenetic analysis based on ultra-conserved elements (UCEs) and comparative morphological assessment of the chalcid ‘Gall Clade’. Six genera are treated in the family, including two new genera, Halleriaphagus van Noort and Burks, gen. nov., and Ouma Mitroiu, gen. nov. One genus, Eubeckerella Narendran, is re-assigned to the family, and Ormyrulus Bouček is synonymised with Ormyrus Westwood, syn. nov., resulting in the new combination Ormyrus gibbus (Bouček), comb. nov. The six genera are classified in three subfamilies, two of which are newly described, Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, subfam. nov., and Hemadinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, subfam. nov. Halleriaphagus is established for the newly described type species Halleriaphagus phagolucida van Noort and Burks, sp. nov., and Ouma is erected for O. daleskeyae Mitroiu, sp. nov., and O. emazantsi Mitroiu, sp. nov. Asparagobius is revised with description of Asparagobius bouceki van Noort, sp. nov., and Asparagobius copelandi Rasplus and van Noort, sp. nov. Asparagobius and Halleriaphagus are classified in Asparagobiinae, Hemadas in Hemadinae and Eubeckerella, Ormyrus and Ouma in Ormyrinae. The molecular support defining the ormyrid clade is corroborated by the proposed morphological synapomorphy of a foliaceous prepectus overlying the tegula base. Identification keys to the genera of Ormyridae and to the species of Asparagobius and Ouma are provided. Online Lucid identification keys and images of all the species treated herein are available at: http://www.waspweb.org.
Keywords: classification, gall clade, molecular, morphology, phylogeny, taxonomy, ultra-conserved elements
Proposed reclassification of Ormyridae
•• Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, subfam. nov.,
• Asparagobius Mayr, 1905.
Asparagobius bouceki van Noort, sp. nov.
Asparagobius braunsi Mayr, 1905.
Asparagobius copelandi Rasplus and van Noort, sp. nov.
• Halleriaphagus van Noort and Burks, gen. nov.
Halleriaphagus phagolucida van Noort and Burks, sp. nov.
•• Hemadinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, subfam. nov.
• Hemadas Crawford, 1909.
Hemadas nubilipennis (Ashmead, 1887).
•• Ormyrinae Förster, 1856.
• Eubeckerella Narendran, 1999.
Eubeckerella malaica Narendran, 1999.
• Ormyrus Westwood, 1832.
Ormyrus 144 species [for full list see UCDW, 2023].
Ormyrus gibbus (Bouček, 1986), comb. nov.
• Ouma Mitroiu, gen. nov.
Ouma daleskeyae Mitroiu, sp. nov.
Ouma emazantsi Mitroiu, sp. nov.
Simon van Noort, Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Roger Burks, Gary Gibson, Paul Hanson, John Heraty, Petr Janšta, Astrid Cruaud and Jean-Yves Rasplus. 2024. Redefining Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with Establishment of Subfamilies and Description of New Genera. Systematic Entomology. 49(3); 447-494. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/syen.12630
