| Scelionidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Infraorder: | Proctotrupomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Platygastroidea |
| Family: | Scelionidae Haliday, 1839 |
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Thehymenopteran familyScelionidae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species in some 176 genera) of exclusivelyparasitoid wasps, mostly small (0.5–10 mm), often black, often highly sculptured, with (typically) elbowed antennae that have a 9- or 10-segmentedflagellum. It was once considered to be a subfamily of thePlatygastridae, but has been revived in the most recent classification ofPlatygastroidea.[1]
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They are generallyidiobionts, attacking the eggs of variousinsects, such asbutterflies (e.g., thehackberry emperor),[2] andspiders. Many scelionids are important inbiological control. Several genera are wingless, and a few attackaquatic insect eggs underwater.
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