World Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera): A Key to Higher- Level Groups Author Buffington, Matthew L. Systematic EntomologyLaboratory, ARS-USDAc / oNational Museumof NaturalHistory, SmithsonianInstitution, 10 th & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20013, USA, matt.buffington@usda.gov Author Forshage, Mattias Department of Zoology, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Box 50007, SE- 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden, Author Liljeblad, Johan Swedish Species Information Centre, PO Box 7007, SE- 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden, Author Tang, Chang-Ti Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, SEH, Suite 6300, 800 22 nd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA, Author Noort, Simon van Research and Exhibitions Department, South African Museum, Iziko Museums of South Africa, P. O. Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa, text Insect Systematics and Diversity 2020 2020-07-01 4 4 1 1 69 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa003 journal article 10.1093/isd/ixaa003 2399-3421 10833270 Austrocynipidae Figs. 178–180 This monotypic family is one of the rarest within the Hymenoptera . Austrocynips mirabilis Riek, 1971 was reared from cones of hoop pine ( Auracaria cunninghami Aiton ex D. Don) in Australia that were infested with oecophorid moths. Previously, cones from these trees were collected for propagation and timber production; this is now achieved through other means, and cones are not regularly collected. As these cones are difficult to access, Austrocynips has not been collected again since the original description. Riek (1971) reports that other species of Araucaria were also surveyed but yielded no Austrocynips . Biology. Host Unknown. Collected from Araucaria cones infested with oecophorid moths ( Ronquist 1999 ). Distribution. Australia : Queensland . Relevant literature. Riek, 1971 ; description. Paretas-Martinez et al., 2013 ; overview. Classification. Austrocynipidae Riek, 1971 Austrocynips Riek, 1971 ; 1 species in Australia .