Scelioninae

 ( Biological Pest Control Wasps ) 

Scelioninae is a subfamily of Wasp in the family Scelionidae. It is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species in some 160 genera) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly small (0.5–10 mm), often black, often highly sculptured, usually with geniculate (elbowed) antennae that have a 9- or 10-segmented flagellum. It was formerly classified as a subfamily of the Platygastridae, Aguiar et al. 2013 but in 2021 the family Scelionidae was revived, containing the subfamilies Scelioninae, Teleasinae, and Telenominae.

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Biology They are generally , attacking the eggs of many different types of , , Butterfly (the hackberry emperor, for example) and many are important in biological control. Several genera are wingless, and a few attack Aquatic insects eggs underwater.

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See also

• List of Scelioninae genera

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External links

• Cedar Creek Pinned specimen images.
• [3] Paper on the Genus Thoron.

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