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Oodera
Oodera tenuicollis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ooderidae
Genus: Oodera
Westwood, 1874

Oodera is the sole genus in the monotypic family Ooderidae.[1] Almost all species are parasatoids of xylophagous beetles in the families Buprestidae and Curculionidae, however much of their biology is unknown. They are rarely collected especially by common methods used by Chalcidoidea specialists such as malaise traps, sweep nets, and pan traps.[2] Species occur in the warm areas of the Palaeartic, Afrotropical, and Indomalayan regions. Only one species Oodera formosa has been introduced into the new world.[3] Species are one of the most easily distinguished chacloids due to their distinctive morphology.[3][4]

Morphology

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The fore femora of Oodera species is greatly enlarged and covered in spines and spinelike setae.[1][4][5] The front legs resembling raptorial legs in addition to a prolonged pronotum give species a mantis-like habitus, however as with many other characteristics the function of this feature is unknown.[2] The mesonotal structure is unique in that the mesoscutum and mesoscutellar-axillar complex are fused, this along with the axilla being highly developed cause transcutal artictualation to be absent.[2][5] Members in this genus are relatively large ranging in size from 3.6-17mm.[2]

Taxonomy

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Oodera was originally coined in 1874 as a genus in Eupelmidae. In 1958 it was transferred to Pteromalidae and placed in the montypic tribe Ooderini.[2] In 2022 it was elevated to the family rank along with many other genera in the Pteromalidae family.[1][6]

Currently 25 species are recognized in Oodera.[3] This excludes Oodera obscura and Oodera rufimana, which are considered nomina dubia because they lack a type species and the original descriptions are insufficient making it impossible to review their taxonomic placement.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Burks, Roger; Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan; Fusu, Lucian; Heraty, John M.; Janšta, Petr; Heydon, Steve; Papilloud, Natalie Dale-Skey; Peters, Ralph S.; Tselikh, Ekaterina V.; Woolley, James B.; Noort, Simon van; Baur, Hannes; Cruaud, Astrid; Darling, Christopher; Haas, Michael (2022-12-20). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 37–39. doi:10.3897/jhr.94.94263. ISSN 1314-2607.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Werner, Jennifer; Peters, Ralph S. (2018-04-30). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae), with description of ten new species". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 63: 73–123. doi:10.3897/jhr.63.12754. ISSN 1314-2607.
  3. ^ a b c Peters, Ralph S.; Gibson, Gary A.P. (2025-03-25), "Ooderidae", Chalcidoidea of the World, CABI Books, pp. 526–529, doi:10.1079/9781800623545.0047, ISBN 978-1-80062-352-1, retrieved 2025-04-02
  4. ^ a b Copeland, Robert (30 October 2023). "Insect of the week: 30 October 2023 | icipe - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology". www.icipe.org. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
  5. ^ a b Gibson, Gary A. P. (2003). Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidea:Pteromalidae). Memoirs on entomology, international. Gainesville, Fla: Associated Publishers. pp. 250–255. ISBN 978-1-56665-075-5.
  6. ^ Rahmani, Zahra; Rakhshani, Ehsan; Lotfalizadeh, Hossein; Mokhtari, Azizollah (2023-03-15). "New findings of Cleonymidae and Ooderidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Iran, with description of a new species of Oodera Westwood". Journal of Natural History. 57 (9–12): 710–723. Bibcode:2023JNatH..57..710R. doi:10.1080/00222933.2023.2208763. ISSN 0022-2933.
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