Hobbya
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pteromalidae |
| Genus: | Hobbya Delucchi, 1957 |
| Species: | H. stenonotus
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| Hobbya stenonotus (Ratzeburg, 1848)
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Hobbya is a genus of parasitoid wasp in the tribe Pteromalini. The genus is monotypic, with the singular species Hobbya stenonotus.
Description
Hobbya stenonotus is a hyperparasitoid of Torymus cingulatus,[1] which itself is a parasitoid of various species of gall wasps (Cynipidae).[2]
The species is identifiable from other similar Pteromalidae by the deep excision on the clypeus, striation reaching from the clypeus to the base of the antennae, and by the length of the forewing's marginal vein which is around twice as long as the stigmal vein.[3]
References
- ^ "Hobbya stenonotus Ratzeburg, 1848". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Torymus cingulatus Nees, 1834". Universal Chalcidoidea Database. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ Bouček, Zdeněk; Rasplus, Jean-Yves (1991). Illustrated key to West-Palearctic genera of Pteromalidae, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea. Paris: Institut national de la recherche agronomique. p. 82. ISBN 2738003435.