Hobbya

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Hobbya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pteromalidae
Subfamily: Pteromalinae
Tribe: Pteromalini
Genus: Hobbya
Delucchi, 1957
Species:
H. stenonotus
Binomial name
Hobbya stenonotus
(Ratzeburg, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Pteromalus stenonotusRatzeburg, 1848
  • Etroxys collarisThomson, 1878
  • Cecidostiba collaris(Thomson, 1878)
  • Eutelus stenonotus(Ratzeburg, 1848)
  • Hobbya stenonota(Ratzeburg, 1848)
  • Hobbya kollariAskew, 1959

Hobbya is a genus of parasitoid wasp in the tribe Pteromalini. The genus is monotypic, with the singular species Hobbya stenonotus.

Description

Hobbya stenonotus is a hyperparasitoid of Torymus cingulatus , [1] which itself is a parasitoid of various species of gall wasps (Cynipidae). [2]

The species is identifiable among other similar Pteromalidae by the deep excision on the clypeus, striation reaching from the clypeus to the base of the antennae, and by the length of the forewing's marginal vein which is around twice as long as the stigmal vein. [3]

References

  1. "Hobbya stenonotus Ratzeburg, 1848". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  2. "Torymus cingulatus Nees, 1834". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  3. Bouček, Zdeněk; Rasplus, Jean-Yves (1991). Illustrated key to West-Palearctic genera of Pteromalidae, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea. Paris: Institut national de la recherche agronomique. p. 82. ISBN   2738003435.