Torymus azureus Boheman, 1834

Matsuo, Kazunori, 2020, A revision of Japanese Torymus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), Zootaxa 4758 (3), pp. 401-441 : 414

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3812219
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scientific name	Torymus azureus Boheman, 1834
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Torymus azureus Boheman, 1834 View in CoL

Torymus azureus Boheman, 1834: 369 View in CoL .

Torymus chalybaeus Ratzeburg, 1844: 179 View in CoL ; Mayr, 1874: 100 (as junior synonym of Torymus azureus Boheman View in CoL ).

Callimome erdösi Györfi, 1945: 6 View in CoL ; Graham and Gijswijt, 1998: 60 (as junior synonym of Torymus azureus Boheman View in CoL ).

Specimens examined. 5 ♀, emerged in April 1971 from Picea abies View in CoL collected on 25 December 1970 from Martyr Worth, Hants, England ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀, emerged on 4 May 1959 from a seed of Picea glehnii View in CoL collected by K. Kamijo from Hokkaido, Japan ( HUM) .

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido); Holarctic.

Host information. Torymus azureus is known as a parasitoid of Kaltenbachiola strobi (Winnertz) and Plemeliella abietina Seitner ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ) in Europe ( Graham & Gijswijt 1998). In Japan, this species parasitizes an unidentified species of Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) that induces galls on Picea glehnii (F. Schmidt) Mast. (Pinaceae) ( Grissell et al. 2004).