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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita) » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Scelioninae

Subfamily Scelioninae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food
Dwarf flightless Scelionid Wasp - Baeus - female Wasp ID - Gryon - female Hymenoptera, Macroteleia sp. - Macroteleia - female Wasp? - Macroteleia Micro-flea wasp, Specimen 2 dorsal - Baeus - female Interesting Wasp - Sparasion Pteromalidae - Scelio Diapriidae - Scelio
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita))
Superfamily Platygastroidea
Family Platygastridae
Subfamily Scelioninae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sometimes considered its own family, Scelionidae.
Food
Scelionids are parasitoids of insect and spider eggs.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 30 October, 2009 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd
Last updated 9 January, 2012 - 5:55pm

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