Hymenoptera18 species

Family Ormyridae

Ormyridae is a family in the order Hymenoptera. Browse 18 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Ormyridae (18)

Blueberry Stem Gall Wasp

Hemadas nubilipennis

Causes stem galls on blueberry ( Vaccinium spp.), in which the larvae develop. Adults emerge in the spring. Several other chalcidoids have been reared from these galls, including Ormyrus vacciniicola .

Ormyrus nitidulus

Female about 5 mm. It is steeply hunched; body all deep metallic blue & blue-green; gaster with bands of large puncturation; dark legs with pale knees and tarsi; black antennae. Male 2 to 2.5 mm, also steeply hunched; head green-gold; thorax & gaster