Holepyris is a genus of hymenopteran parasitoids in the family Bethylidae. These species use small beetle larvae as hosts for their larvae. Prior to a 2022 study that found this genus and other genera within the subfamily Epyrinae to be polyphyletic, there were 148 species in the genus Holepyris. Following a reclassification aiming at creating monophyletic genera of Epyrinae, 131 Holepyris species were placed in the genus Rysepyris (including Holepyris sylvanidis, now Rysepyris sylvanidis, a species studied as a biocontrol agent of some storage pests), and three Formosiepyris species were placed in the genus Holepyris. As a result, there are now 23 species in the genus Holepyris:
Species
- Holepyris africanus <small>Kieffer, 19041</small>
- Holepyris agraensis <small>(Kurian, 1955)</small>
- Holepyris algoaensis <small>Kieffer, 1911</small>
- Holepyris angusticollis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris bergevini <small>Duchaussoy, 1916[1914]</small>
- Holepyris bidentatus <small>Kieffer, 1904</small>
- Holepyris crenulatus <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris fasciipennis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris fuscipennis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris levicollis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris lineatus <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris maculipennis <small>(Marshall, 1874)</small>
- Holepyris marishi <small>(Terayama, 2004)</small>
- Holepyris natalensis <small>Kieffer, 1913</small>
- Holepyris orientalis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris punctaticollis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris rufitarsis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris rugulosus <small>(Xu & He, 2005)</small>
- Holepyris shiva <small>(Terayama, 2004)</small>
- Holepyris sylvanidis <small>(Brèthes, 1913)</small>
- Holepyris takasago <small>(Terayama, 2004)</small>
- Holepyris tibialis <small>Kieffer, 1906</small>
- Holepyris vietnamensis <small>(Tsujii et al., 2015)</small>
- Holepyris vittatus <small>Turner, 1928</small>
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