Galeopsomyia Explained

Galeopsomyia is a New World genus of hymenopteran insects of the family Eulophidae. The genus is a hyperparasitoid of other gall-inducing wasps of the genera Eurytoma and Torymus. ^[1]

Species

The following species are included in Galeopsomyia:^[2]

• Galeopsomyia compacta (Howard, 1897)
• Galeopsomyia cupreus (Ashmead, 1894)
• Galeopsomyia deilochus (Walker, 1839)
• Galeopsomyia epidius (Walker, 1847)
• Galeopsomyia fausta LaSalle, 1997
• Galeopsomyia haemon (Walker, 1847)
• Galeopsomyia nicaraguaensis (Cameron, 1904)
• Galeopsomyia nigrocyanea (Ashmead, 1886)
• Galeopsomyia persimilis (Ashmead, 1904)
• Galeopsomyia scadius (Walker, 1843)
• Galeopsomyia squamosa (Girault, 1917)
• Galeopsomyia sulcata (Howard, 1897)
• Galeopsomyia transcarinata (Gahan, 1919)
• Galeopsomyia valerus (Walker, 1839)
• Galeopsomyia viridicyanea (Ashmead, 1904)

References

• Key to Nearctic eulophid genera
• Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Notes and References

1. Forbes . Andrew A. . Hall . M. Carmen . Lund . JoAnne . Hood . Glen R. . Izen . Rebecca . Egan . Scott P. . Ott . James R. . Parasitoids, Hyperparasitoids, and Inquilines Associated With the Sexual and Asexual Generations of the Gall Former, Belonocnema treatae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . January 2016 . 109 . 1 . 49–63 . 10.1093/aesa/sav112.
2. Web site: Galeopsomyia Girault, 1916 . GBIF.org.