Orussidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Orussoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Symphyta Superfamilia: Orussoidea

Familia: Orussidae
Genera (16 + 3†): Argentophrynopus – Chalinus – Guiglia – Kulcania – Leptorussus – Mocsarya – Ophrella – Ophrynon – Ophrynopus – Orussella – Orussobaius – Orussonia – Orussus – Pedicrista – Pseudoryssus – Stirocorsia – †Baltorussus – †Mesorussus – †Minyorussus

Name

Orussidae Newman, 1834

Synonymy

Orussites Newman, 1834: 409

References

Primary references

Newman, E. 1834. Attempted division of British insects into natural orders. Entomological Magazine 2: 379–431. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Blank, S.M. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2016. Two new parasitoid wasp species of the Australasian genus Orussobaius (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74(1): 83–103. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Jouault, C., Perrichot, V. & Nel, A. 2021. Taxonomic addition to the early diverged parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Orussoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 132(3): 324–331. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2021.02.002 . Reference page.
Schmidt, S. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the Australasian genus Orussobaius Benson (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Orussidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41(3): 226–235. DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2002.00300.x. Reference page.
Smith, D.R. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the ophrynopine genera Argentophrynopus gen. n., Guiglia Benson, Kulcania Benson, Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynon Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow, and Stirocorsia Konow Hymenoptera: Orussidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 33(4): 387–420. DOI: 10.1163/187631202X00217. Reference page.
Vilhelmsen, L. 2001. Systematic revision of the genera Chalinus Konow, 1897 and Mocsarya Konow, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Orussidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32(4): 361–380. DOI: 10.1163/187631201X00254 . Reference page.
Vilhelmsen, L. 2003. Phylogeny and classification of the Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera), a basal parasitic wasp taxon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 139(3): 337–418. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00080.x Reference page.
Vilhelmsen, L. 2003: Larval anatomy of Orussidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera research, 12 (2): 346–354.
Vilhelmsen, L. 2004: The old wasp and the tree: fossils, phylogeny and biogeography in the Orussidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 82 (2): 139–160.
Vilhelmsen, L. 2007: The phylogeny of Orussidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) revisited. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny, 65: 111–118. PDF
Vilhelmsen, L., Blank, S.M., Costa, V.A., Alvarenga, T.M. & Smith, D.R. 2013. Phylogeny of the ophrynopine clade revisited: review of the parasitoid sawfly genera Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow and Stirocorsia Konow (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Invertebrate Systematics 27(4): 450–483. DOI: 10.1071/IS13006 . Reference page.