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Eurytomidae Generic Synopsis

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Genus

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Species

Location

Biology

Host Family

Source

Acantheurytoma Cameron 1911

4

Indo-Malayan

Sphecid larva in Ricinus petiole

Sphecidae

Farooqui & Subba Rao 1986

Agriotoma Burks 1971

1

Borneo

 *

 

 

Aiolomorphus Walker 1871

1

Oriental

Gall former on Phyllostachys sp.

Poaceae

Sun et al. 1994

Wang et al 1996a,b

Aplatoides Yoshimoto & Gibson 1979

1

Neotropical

 

 

 

Aranedra Burks 1971

2

Neotropical

Philodendron and Dieffenbachia sp. root galls

Araceae? (or on gall former?)

Burks 1971

Archirileya Silvestri 1920

1

Palaearctic

Oecanthus pellucens Scopoli, Tettigia sp., Plebeia sp., Cicada sp. eggs

Tettigoniidae, Gryllidae

Thompson 1955, Silvestri 1920

Austrodecatoma Girault 1925

3

Australia

Gall fruit of Atalantia sp.

Rutaceae

Boucek 1988

Austrophotismus

Girault 1938

2

Australia

   

Boucek 1988

Ausystole Boucek 1988

1

Australia

Eutaxia microphylla seeds

Fabaceae

Boucek 1988

Axanthosoma Girault 1913

3

Australia, Afrotropical

Melampsalta sp., Amphipsalta cingulata F. eggs

Cicadidae

Boucek 1988, Subba Rao 1974

Axanthosomella

Nar. & Das 2001

1

India

   

Narendran & Das 2001

Axima Walker 1862

6

Neotropical, Nearctic

Solitary bees, Ceratina sp.

Anthophoridae

Peck 1963, Herting 1977

Aximogastroma Narendran

1

Indo-Malayan

   

Narendran 1994

Aximogastra Ashmead 1904

2

Neotropical

Orchid roots (phytophagous)

Orchidaceae

Burks 1971

Aximopsis Ashmead 1904

3

Neotropical/Oriental

Pachyschelus sp., Tumidiscapus sp., Brachys sp.

Buprestidae, Curculionidae

Label data, Herting 1977

Banyoma Burks 1971

1

Indo-Malayan

 

 

Burks 1971

Bephrata Cameron 1884

4

Indo-Malayan

Scirpophaga nivella

Verma & Mathur

Pyralidae

 

Bephratelloides Girault 1913

7

Neotropical

Annona spp., Duguetia sp., Cymbopetalum sp., Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) seeds

Annonaceae

Grissell & Schauff 1990; Perioto 1997; Label data.

Bephratoides Brues 1908

5

Neotropical, Indo-Malayan

Agrilus otiosus Say

Buprestidae

Peck 1963

Bruchodape Burks 1971

1

Neotropical

Ex lumber

Xylophagous Coleoptera?

Burks 1971

Label data

Bruchophagus Ashmead 1888

~120

Cosmopolitan

Seed feeder, gallers

Fabaceae

Burks 1979

Buresium Boucek 1970

4

Palaearctic, Afrotropical

Grass associates; Mordellistena sp.

Mordellidae

Boucek 1983

Burksoma Subba Rao 1978

1

Neotropical

Acacia verrek seeds

Fabaceae

Boucek 1988

Cathilaria Burks 1971

1

Nearctic

Grass associates. Galls on Hilaria, Opuntia

Cecidomyiidae?

Peck 1963, Burks 1971

Chryseida Spinola 1840

10

Neotropical, Nearctic

Bruchid feeders

Bruchidae

Herting 1973, Peck 1963, Perez 1987, Zerova 1980

Conoaxima Brues 1922

3

Neotropical

Azteca spp.

Formicidae

Brues 1922

Dougiola Boucek 1988

2

Australian

Assoc. seedsCasuarina leuhmanni

Casuarinaceae

Boucek 1988

Endobia Erdös 1964

2

Palaearctic

Dinoderus sp.

Bostrichidae

Farooqui & Subba Rao 1986

Eudoxinna Walker 1862

1

Neotropical

 

 

Burks 1971

Eurytoma Illiger 1807

~700

Cosmopolitan

Phytophagous/Parasitic

Numerous

Peck 1963, Bugbee 1967

Eurytomaria Masi 1943

1

Afrotropical

 

 

 

Eurytomidia Masi 1917

1

Seychelles

 

 

 

Eurytomocharis Ashmead 1888

18

Holarctic, Indo-Malayan

Associated with grasses

Poaceae

Bugbee 1966, Mukerjee1981

Exeurytoma Burks 1971

2

Palaearctic

In Caragana sp. seeds, Astragalus seed cone

Fabaceae

Burks 1971, Zerova 1995

Çam 1998

Ficomila Boucek 1981

2

Afrotropical

In Ficus spp.

Moraceae

Boucek et al 1981

Foutsia Burks 1971

1

Neotropical

Philodendron sp. root galls

Araceae? (or the gall former?)

Burks 1971

Fronsoma Narendran 1994

4

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Gibsonoma Narendran 1994

1

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Giraultoma Boucek1988

2

Australasian

Associated with grasses

 

Boucek 1988

Heimbra Cameron 1909

6

Neotropical/Nearctic

Stem-boring beetles

Buprestidae & Curculionidae

Label data

Heimbrella Subba Rao 1978

1

Neotropical

 

 

 

Hexeurytoma Dodd 1917

3

Auastralasian

 

 

Boucek 1988

Homodecatoma Liao 1979

1

Oriental

Seed feeder

Fabaceae

Liao 1979

Houstonia Boucek 1988

1

Australian

Seed eater ?

 

Boucek 1988

Isosomodes Ashmead 1888

3

Nearctic/Neotropical

Bucrates sp., Tettigonia sp.

Tettigoniidae

Herting 1973

Isosomorpha Ashmead 1888

1

Holarctic

Muhlenbergia sp., Phalaris sp.

Poaceae

Peck 1963

Macrorileya (Ashmead) 1894

2

Nearctic, Madagascar

Oecanthus spp.

Gryllidae

Smith 1930, Herting 1973, Peck 1963

Mangoma Subba Rao 1986

1

Indo-Malayan

Procontarinia matteiana Kieffer & Cecconi

Cecidomyiidae

Subba Rao 1986

Masneroma Boucek 1983

1

Nearctic

Xylophagous larvae[?]

Coleoptera [?]

Boucek 1983

Mesoeurytoma Cameron 1911

7

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Neobephrata Narend. & Padmas. 1991

1

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Neoeurytomaria Narendran 1994

1

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Neorileya Ashmead 1904

6

Neotropical, Nearctic

ova of Hemiptera, Orthoptera

Tettigoniidae, Pentatomidae, Coreidae

DeSantis 1979, 1989; Becker & Prato 1982;

Jones 1983

Nikanoria Nikol’skaya 1955

25

Palaearctic

Seeds and galls

Ephedraceae Zygophyllaceaae Chenopodiaceae Asteraceae Cecidomyiidae

Zerova 1971, 1978

Paradecatoma Masi 1943

1

Afrotropical

 

 

 

Philippinoma Narendran 1994

2

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Philolema Cameron 1908

5

Indo-Malayan, Cuba

Lema sp., Xyleborus sp., Apion sp., Campoletis sp.

Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Ichneumonidae

Narendran 1999, Herting 1973, Alayo & Hernandez 1978

Phleudecatoma Yang 1996

2

Indo-Malayan

Phloeosinus sinensis

Schedl

Scolytidae

Yang 1996

Phylloxeroxenus Ashm. 1888

5

Nearctic/Australian

Phylloxera sp. galls [Cecidomyiidae?]

Cecidomyiidae [?]

Burks 1971

Plutarchia Girault 1925

13

Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, Australian

Pupae of Diptera & Lepidoptera

Agromyzidae, Gelechiidae

Boucek 1988, Subba Rao 1974

Prodecatoma Ashmead 1904

42

Neotropical, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Indo-Malayan

Seeds, plant galls

Myrtaceae, Vitaceae, Cynipidae, others

Suárez & Calvo 1990, Adlerz 1972, 1973

Prodecatomoidea Risbec 1952

1

Madagascar

 

 

 

Proseurytoma Kieffer & Jörgensen 1910

1

Neotropical

Assoc. with Geoffroea sp.

Fabaceae

DeSantis 1967

Pseudosystole Kalina 1969

3

Palaearctic/Neotropical

Assoc. with Festuca sp.

Poaceae

Szelenyí 1975

Pseudotetramesa Kalina 1970

1

Palaearctic

 

 

 

Ramanuja Narendran 1989

1

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Ramdasoma Narendran 1994

3

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Rileya Ashmead 1888

28

Cosmopolitan

Gall midges

Cecidomyiidae

Peck 1963, Gahan 1918, Thompson 1955, Hawkins & Goeden 1984

Risbecoma Subba Rao 1978

5

Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan

Seed feeder

Fabaceae

Boucek 1988, Narendran 1994

Stigmeurytoma Boucek

1988

2

Australia

Assoc. with galls on eucalypts

Myrtaceae[?]

Boucek 1988

Striateurytoma Burks 1971

1

Neotropical, Malayan

Seeds of Annona muricata L.

Annonaceae

DeSantis 1979

Subbaella Narendran 1994

1

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Syceurytoma Boucek 1981

1

Afrotropical

On Sycophila sp. in Ficus sp.

Eurytomidae

Boucek et al. 1981

Sycophila Walker 1871

~115

Nearctic, Indo-Malayan

Gall-formers, parasitic

Cynipidae, Tanaostigmatidae

Burks 1979

Symbra Stage & Snelling 1986

1

Neotropical

 

 

 

Systole Walker 1832

28

Cosmopolitan

Seeds of umbellifers

Apiaceae

Burks 1979, Zerova & Seregina 1994

Systolema Narendran 1994

1

Indo-Malayan

     

Tenuipetiolatus Bugbee 1951

4

Nearctic

On gall formers

Cecidomyiidae, Cynipidae

Burks 1979

Tetramesa Walker 1848

~205

Holarctic, Afrotropical

Grass feeder

Poaceae

Burks 1979

Tetramesella Zerova 1974

1

Palaearctic

     

Townesoma Narendran 1994

1

Indo-Malayan

 

 

 

Xanthosomodes Brčthes 1913

1

Neotropical

 

 

 

Zerovella Narendran & Sheela 1994

1

Indo-Malayan