Torymidae?

[Bilule]

Ovipositing on Santolina sp, is this a Torymidae?
Is it possible to go further?
(South France)

[Bilule]

No idea?

[Rapha1]

hello Bilule,

For me it is a "Torymus"....I'm not an expert, but you can see images of the Family Toryminae at the "Universal Chalcidoidea Database" on :
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/browseMedia.dsml?ValFamTrib=Toryminae

Raphaël

[Rapha1]

Hello Billule,

Are you really shure for the flower (Santolina sp) for the 2nd picture ?
it looks also Tanacetum vulgare (Tanaisie )
(http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/comm ... ulgare.jpg)

if the 2nd one is oviposting on Tanacetum vulgare (Tanaisie )
Maybe it is "Torymus tanaceticola " ,
Plant associates :Tanacetum sp.,
Primary hosts:Rhopalomyia tanaceticola (Cecidomyiidae)
(ref : http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-cur ... %2edsml%3f )
and also 2 (Chalcidoid family: Eulophidae)

if the 2nd one is oviposting on Santolina sp
there is only Dermatopelte budensis (Chalcidoid family: Eulophidae) , associated with this plant
(ref : http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-cur ... %2edsml%3f )

Raphaël

[Bilule]

Thanks Rapha 1.
It's the same specimen on both photos, and the plant is also the same and I'm sure it is Santolina sp.
I'm not convinced by Eulophidae: they seem to be smaller, and their anntennas to be less segmented...
But I'm totally inexperienced. So...

[Bilule]

No other opinion?
Can it be tranfered on the new section "Chalcidoidea"?
Thanks for your attention.