Genus of wasps
| Torymus
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| Torymus cecidomyae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Hymenoptera
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| Family:
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Torymidae
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| Subfamily:
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Toryminae
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| Genus:
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Torymus
Dalman, 1820
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| Type species
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Torymus bedeguaris
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| Species
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400+ species
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| Synonyms
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- Callimome Spinola, 1811
- Callimomus Thomson, 1876
- Diamorus Walker, 1834
- Dihomerus Schulz, 1906
- Diomorus Walker, 1834
- Hemitorymus Ashmead, 1904
- Lioterphus Thomson, 1876
- Misocampe Latreille, 1818
- Misocampus Stephens, 1829
- Nannocerus Mayr, 1885
- Parasympiesis Brèthes, 1927
- Syntomaspis Förster, 1856
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Torymus is a genus of chalcid wasps from the family Torymidae, and there are more than 400 spp. worldwide. It was named by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1820.[1] Most species are ectoparasitoids of gall forming insects, usually gall wasps and gall midges.
Torymus sp., female
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