The Pteromalidae are a large family of wasps, the majority being parasitoids of other insects. They are found throughout the world in virtually all habitats...

(formerly part of Pteromalidae) Calesidae Mercet, 1929 (formerly part of Pteromalidae) Ceidae Boucek, 1961 (formerly part of Pteromalidae) Cerocephalidae...

remove a number of constituent groups to other families, particularly the Pteromalidae and Torymidae. Thus, the number of genera in the family is in flux. The...

chalcidoid wasps, formerly treated as the subfamily Leptofoeninae within Pteromalidae. They, like many small chalcidoids, are brilliantly metallic. The subfamily...

Cleonymidae is a parasitic wasp family formerly treated as a subfamily within Pteromalidae. Agrilocida Callocleonymus Cleonymus Dasycleonymus Notanisus Zolotarewskya...

were previously placed in the Cleonyminae subfamily of a paraphyletic Pteromalidae. Many species have metallic green, blue and bronze colours, and stout...

previously classified as subfamily Cerocephalinae, in the polyphyletic family Pteromalidae. Most species are parasitoids of small wood-boring beetles. Acerocephala...

galls in figs, or on leaves or twigs. Once considered a subfamily of Pteromalidae (Epichrysomallinae), this group of genera has been elevated to family...

subfamilies (Spalangiinae and Erotolepsiinae) were moved from the family Pteromalidae to create this family in 2022. They are now known to be more closely...

A list of the species of Hymenoptera from New Zealand; which includes ants, bees, parasitoids, sawflies, and social wasps. Pleistodontes froggatti Mayr...