Dryinidae Haliday 1833
- Dataset
- Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea)
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Dryinidae
biology_ecology
Hosts. Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha (Guglielmino & Olmi 1997, 2006, 2007; Guglielmino et al. 2013). World species. 1884 species are known, 430 in the Afrotropical region (including four species incertae sedis).
description
Anteonidae Kieffer 1911 a: 108.
description
Dryini Haliday 1833: 273.
description
World genera. 50 genera are known, 23 in the Afrotropical region. World subfamilies. 16 subfamilies (12 extant) are known, nine in the Afrotropical region.
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Hymenoptera Chrysidoidea with antenna composed of 10 antennomeres, inserted on flat or concave surface below middle of head, with torulus a distance less than its width from aboral margin of clypeus; head in lateral view concave or slightly convex anteriorly; ♀ protarsus usually provided with one chela, composed of a laterally protruding fifth tarsomere and one enlarged claw; ♀ protarsus less commonly unmodified (in 94 of 1845 world species).
discussion
Remarks. The following seven subfamilies have not been found in the Afrotropical region: Burmadryininae Olmi, Xu & Guglielmino 2014 (fossil, Burmese amber), Erwiniinae Olmi & Guglielmino 2010 (Neotropical, Olmi & Guglielmino 2010 a), Palaeoanteoninae Olmi & Bechly 2001 (fossil, Baltic amber), Plesiodryininae Olmi 1987 (Nearctic, Olmi 1987 b), Ponomarenkoinae Olmi 2010 (fossil, Baltic and Burmese amber, Olmi 2010 a, Xu et al. 2013), Protodryininae Olmi & Guglielmino 2012 (fossil, Baltic amber), Transdryininae Olmi 1984 (Australian).
distribution
Distribution. Worldwide.
materials_examined
Type genus. Dryinus Latreille, 1804, by monotypy.