- Scelionidae
Taxobox
name = Scelionidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hymenoptera
subordo =Apocrita
superfamilia =Platygastroidea
familia = Scelionidae
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =Scelioninae Teleasinae Telenominae The
Hymenoptera n family Scelionidae is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species in some 160 genera) of exclusivelyparasitoid wasps, mostly small (0.5-10 mm), often black, often highly sculptured, with (typically) elbowed antennae that have an 9- or 10-segmented flagellum.They are generally
idiobiont s, attacking the eggs of many different types ofinsect s orspider s, and many are important inbiological control . Several genera are wingless, and a few attack aquatic insect eggs underwater.External links
* [http://128.146.250.117/pdfs/20289/20289.pdf] Paper on the The Genus" Thoron".
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