Torymus

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Torymus cecidomyae.jpg

| image_caption = Torymus cecidomyae

| taxon = Torymus

| authority = Dalman, 1820

| type_species = Torymus bedeguaris

| type_species_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 400+ species

| synonyms =

• Callimome Spinola, 1811
• Callimomus Thomson, 1876
• Diamorus Walker, 1834
• Dihomerus Schulz, 1906
• Diomorus Walker, 1834
• Hemitorymus Ashmead, 1904
• Lioterphus Thomson, 1876
• Misocampe Latreille, 1818
• Misocampus Stephens, 1829
• Nannocerus Mayr, 1885
• Parasympiesis Brèthes, 1927
• Syntomaspis Förster, 1856

}}

Torymus is a genus of chalcid wasps from the family Torymidae, and there are more than 400 spp. worldwide. It was named by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Dalman in 1820.{{cite web | url = http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/chalcidoids/database/detail.dsml?FamilyCode=VTT&ValFamTrib=&VALGENUS=Torymus&VALSPECIES=&VALAUTHOR=Dalman+&VALDATE=1820&ValidAuthBracket=false&TAXONCODE=TorymuDc&HOMCODE=0&searchPageURL=indexValidName%2edsml%3fFamilyqtype%3dequals%26Genusqtype%3dequals%26index%3dValidName%26Speciesqtype%3dequals%26Genus%3dTorymus&listPageURL=validName%2edsml%3fGenusqtype%3dequals%26Familyqtype%3dequals%26index%3dValidName%26Speciesqtype%3dequals%26Genus%3dTorymus | title = Taxon record Torymus Dalman , 1820 | accessdate = 27 June 2017 | publisher = Natural History Museum | work = Universal Chalcidoidea Database}} Most species are ectoparasitoids of gall forming insects, usually gall wasps and gall midges.

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