Edgar Frederick Riek OAM (1920–2016) was an Australian entomologist and invertebrate zoologist known for his research on fossil insects and the taxonomy of freshwater crayfish . He later became known as prominent viticulturist and winemaker . Affiliated with the CSIRO for over 30 years, he wrote the first pocket field guide to Australian insects, described over 230 species, and is commemorated in the names of over 80 species. After retiring from the CSIRO he became a noted figure in the Australian wine industry , co-founding the Canberra and District Vignerons Association and receiving the Order of Australia Medal (1996) for his work.
5-407: Austrocynipidae Riek , 1971 Ibaliidae Thomson , 1862 † Protimaspidae Liu & Engel , 2007 † Stolamissidae Liu & Engel , 2007 Liopteridae Ashmead , 1895 † Gerocynipidae Liu & Engel , 2007 Figitidae Thomson , 1962 Cynipidae Latreille , 1802 Paraulacidae Nieves-Aldrey & Liljeblad , 2009 Diplolepididae Latreille , 1802 The Cynipoidea are
10-459: A moderate-sized hymenopteran superfamily that presently includes seven extant families and three extinct families, though others have been recognized in the past. The most familiar members of the group are phytophagous , especially as gall -formers, though the actual majority of included species are parasitoids or hyperparasitoids . They are typically glossy, dark, smooth wasps with somewhat compressed bodies and somewhat reduced wing venation. It
15-577: Is common for various metasomal segments to be fused in various ways (often diagnostic for families or subfamilies), and the petiole is very short, when present. With the exception of the Cynipidae (the gall wasps), it is a poorly known group as a whole, though there are nearly 3000 known species in total, and a great many species are still undescribed, mostly in the Figitidae . Each of the constituent families differs in biology, though life histories of one of
20-488: The families ( Liopteridae ) are still largely unknown. In July 2020, an identification key for the superfamily was published in the journal Insect Systematics and Diversity , enabling identification to the family level. Several groups formerly included in Cynipidae were elevated to family status in 2023. This Apocrita -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Edgar Riek Edgar Riek
25-724: Was born 1 May 1920 in Napier, New Zealand , to Australian parents. He was raised in Caboolture, Queensland , attended Brisbane Grammar School , and entered the University of Queensland in 1939 where he worked as an assistant in the Geology Department. He majored in Geology and Biology, earned a B.S. from the University of Queensland in 1942, and taught zoology there from 1943 to 1945 while earning
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