Superfamily ORUSSOIDEA
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Family ORUSSIDAE
Compiler and date details
7 May 2012 - Danielle N. Stringer & John T. Jennings, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide SA 5005
Introduction
This small family of sawflies has about 75 species worldwide and 12 described species from Australia (Riek 1955; Schmidt & Vilhelmsen 2002; Vilhelmsen & Smith 2002).
Orussids are unique among the sawflies in that they are parasitic rather than phytophagous, and are considered to be an evolutionary link (i.e. sister group) to the apocritan wasps (Vilhelmsen 2001). They are characterised by having rasp-like tubercules on the vertex of the head, eyes with minute hairs, antennae inserted low on the face close to the mouth, and the ovipositor of females long and internally looped in the abdomen.
Adult orussids are uncommon and rarely collected, but can sometimes be seen on sunlit tree trunks and logs. Females use their highly modified antennae and fore legs to echo-locate in wood to locate suitable sites for oviposition. They are mostly ectoparasitoids of wood-boring beetles, especially Buprestidae (Coleoptera), although larvae later enter the host’s remains to pupate.
General References
Riek, E.F. 1955. The Australian sawflies of the family Orussidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 99-105
Schmidt, S. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the Australasian genus Orussobaius Benson (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Orussidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 226-235
Vilhelmsen, L. 2001. Phylogeny and classification of the extant basal lineages of the Hymenoptera (Insecta). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 393-442
Vilhelmsen, L. & Smith, D.R. 2002. Revision of the 'ophrynopine' genera Argentophrynopus gen. n., Guiglia Benson, Kulcania Benson, Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynon Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow, and Stirocorsia Konow (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 33(4): 387-420
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Genus Guiglia Benson, 1938
- Guiglia Benson, R.B. 1938. On the Australian Orussidae, with a key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(2): 1-15 [13].
Type species:
Guiglia bombycinis Benson, 1938 by original designation.
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Species Guiglia bombycinis Benson, 1938
- Guiglia bombycinis Benson, R.B. 1938. On the Australian Orussidae, with a key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(2): 1-15 [13].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Kuranda, QLD.
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Species Guiglia coracina Benson, 1955
- Guiglia coracina Benson, R.B. 1955. Classification of the Orussidae with some new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 24: 13-23 [22].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Malanda, QLD.
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Species Guiglia rubricata Riek, 1955
- Guiglia rubricata Riek, E.F. 1955. The Australian sawflies of the family Orussidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 99-105 [103-104].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, 8 miles east Braidwood, NSW.
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Species Guiglia sericata (Mocsáry, 1900)
- Oryssus sericatus Mocsáry, A. 1900. Siricidarum species duae novae. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 126-127 [126].
Type data:
Lectotype HNHM ♀, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Vilhelmsen, L. & Smith, D.R. 2002. Revision of the 'ophrynopine' genera Argentophrynopus gen. n., Guiglia Benson, Kulcania Benson, Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynon Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow, and Stirocorsia Konow (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 33(4): 387-420 [402]. - Oryssus queenslandensis Turner, G. 1900. New species of phytophagous Hymenoptera belonging to the families Oryssidae and Tenthredinidae, with notes on other sawflies. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 514-518 [514-515].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Mackay, QLD. - Guiglia queenslandensis coronata Rayment, T. 1951. New bees and wasps, part 16. Victorian Naturalist 68: 92-96 [94].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Fraser Park, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Vilhelmsen, L. & Smith, D.R. 2002. Revision of the 'ophrynopine' genera Argentophrynopus gen. n., Guiglia Benson, Kulcania Benson, Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynon Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow, and Stirocorsia Konow (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 33(4): 387-420 [402]
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Genus Orussobaius Benson, 1938
- Orussobaius Benson, R.B. 1938. On the Australian Orussidae, with a key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(2): 1-15 [8-9].
Type species:
Orussobaius mesembrinus Benson, 1938 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
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- Orussobaius badius Schmidt, S. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the Australasian genus Orussobaius Benson (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Orussidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 226-235 [228].
Type data:
Holotype QMBA ♀, Acacia Ridge, Brisbane, QLD.
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- Orussobaius bicolor Blank, S.M. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2016. Two new parasitoid wasp species of the Australasian genus Orussobaius (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74(1): 83-103 [87, figs 5-6].
Type data:
Holotype QMBA ♀, Mulgowie, QLD [27.752°S 152.365°E].
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
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- Orussobaius caligneus Schmidt, S. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the Australasian genus Orussobaius Benson (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Orussidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 226-235 [228-230].
Type data:
Holotype WAM ♀, Goomalling, WA.
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- Orussobaius mesembrinus Benson, R.B. 1938. On the Australian Orussidae, with a key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(2): 1-15 [9-10].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♀, Bogan River, NSW.
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- Orussobaius minutissimus Schmidt, S. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the Australasian genus Orussobaius Benson (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Orussidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 226-235 [231-232].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Brisbane, QLD.
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Species Orussobaius minutus Benson, 1938
- Orussobaius minutus Benson, R.B. 1938. On the Australian Orussidae, with a key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(2): 1-15 [10].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♀, Bogan River, NSW. - Orussobaius normani Rayment, T. 1951. New bees and wasps, part 16 ctd. Victorian Naturalist 68: 111-119 [113].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Schmidt, S. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the Australasian genus Orussobaius Benson (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Orussidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 226-235 [232]
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Species Orussobaius wilsoni Benson, 1938
- Orussobaius wilsoni Benson, R.B. 1938. On the Australian Orussidae, with a key to the genera of the world (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11(2): 1-15 [10-11].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♀, Ferntree Gully, VIC.
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Genus Orussonia Riek, 1955
- Orussonia Riek, E.F. 1955. The Australian sawflies of the family Orussidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 99-105 [104].
Type species:
Orussonia depressa Riek, 1955 by original designation.
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Species Orussonia depressa Riek, 1955
- Orussonia depressa Riek, E.F. 1955. The Australian sawflies of the family Orussidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 99-105 [104-105].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, 4 miles north Batemans Bay, NSW.
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- Orussonia ruficaudata Schmidt, S. & Gibson, G.A.P. 2001. A new species of the genus Orussonia Riek and the female of O. depressa Riek (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Orussidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 10(2): 113-118 [117-118].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Lakes Entrance, VIC.
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- Guiglia aureola Benson, R.B. 1955. Classification of the Orussidae with some new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 24: 13-23 [22].
Type data:
Holotype TARI ♂, NSW.Secondary source:
Vilhelmsen, L. & Smith, D.R. 2002. Revision of the 'ophrynopine' genera Argentophrynopus gen. n., Guiglia Benson, Kulcania Benson, Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynon Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow, and Stirocorsia Konow (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 33(4): 387-420 [403].
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