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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Orussidae Sub Family   Description   parasitic wood wasps Background to Family   There is slight uncertainty about the life histories of the Orussidae. The consensus is that they are parasitoids, whose larvae feed internally on the immature stages of wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae) and sawflies (Siricidae). Thus the orussids are unique among sawflies in having carnivorous larvae. However, the sole species listed in Britain, Orussus abietinus, was recorded on only a few occasions before 1900.     No. taxa in DBIF   1 No. interactions   1 % interactions with British data   100 No. records   1 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. Comment by Guy Knight, after brief inspection of data for Symphyta, Feb 2007: 'at least two-thirds of the species [need] some editing to the nomenclature or plant associations...there have been many taxonomic changes and additions to the fauna since the 1978 checklist'.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1951 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.