Holepyris

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Hymenoptera

| familia = Bethylidae

| genus = Holepyris

| genus_authority = Kieffer, 1905

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Holepyris is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be polyphyletic, there were 148 species in the genus Holepyris.{{cite journal|last1=Azevedo|first1=Celso O.|last2=Alencar|first2=Isabel D. C. C.|last3=Barbosa|first3=Diego N.|year=2010|title=Order Hymenoptera, family Bethylidae|journal=Arthropod Fauna of the UAE|volume=3|issue=|pages=388–411|url=|doi=}} Following a reclassification aiming at creating monophyletic genera of Epyrinae, 131 Holepyris species were placed in the genus Rysepyris (including Holepyris sylvanidis, now Rysepyris sylvanidis, a species studied as a biocontrol agent of some storage pests), and three Formosiepyris species were placed in the genus Holepyris.{{cite journal|last1=Colombo|first1=Wesley D.|last2=Tribull|first2=Carly M.|last3=Waichert|first3=Cecilia|last4=Azevedo|first4=Celso O.|year=2022|title=Integrative taxonomy solves taxonomic impasses: a case study from Epyrinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)|journal=Royal Entomological Society|volume=47|issue=3|pages=504–529|url=https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12544|doi=10.1111/syen.12544|bibcode=2022SysEn..47..504C |url-access=subscription}} As a result, there are now 23 species in the genus Holepyris: