The Ormyridae are a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are either parasitoids or hyperparasitoids on gall-forming insects, primarily cynipid wasps and tephritid flies. There are 153 species, mostly in the genus Ormyrus); the family has a worldwide distribution, although almost entirely absent from South America. Some can be recognized by distinctive scalloped sculpturing of their metasomal tergites. Adults of many species are iridescent.

Taxonomy

Reviewed in 2024.

Asparagobiinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024

Hemadinae van Noort, Burks, Mitroiu and Rasplus, 2024

Ormyrinae Förster, 1856