Tetracampidae

Taxobox
name = Tetracampidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Chalcidoidea
familia = Tetracampidae
familia_authority = Förster, 1856
diversity = 4 subfamilies
14 genera
44 species
diversity_link = biodiversity
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
Distylopinae
Mongolocampinae
Platynocheilinae
Tetracampinae

Tetracampidae is a small family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea. They are parasitoids of phytophagous insects, primarily flies. There are 44 species in 15 genera, and they are almost entirely absent from the New World.

There are numerous fossil taxa in this group, and their relationships to other chalcidoid families remain obscure.

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/tetracampidae.html Universal Chalcidoidea Database]