Ceidae
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| Ceidae | |
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| Female Cea pulicaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Ceidae Bouček, 1961 |
| Type genus | |
| Cea | |
| Genera | |
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Ceidae is a small family of chalcid wasps, previously classified as subfamily Ceinae, in the polyphyletic family Pteromalidae.[1] These wasps are parasitoids of other small insects. Hosts are known only for Cea pulicaris (small Agromyzid flies) and Spalangiopelta alata (small Drosophilid flies).[2][3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Its antennae have twelve flagellomeres, and its labrum is subrectangular and exposed.[1]
Genera and species
[edit | edit source]Bohpa Darling, 1991
- B. maculata Darling, 1991 (South Africa)
- C. pulicaris Walker, 1837 (West Palaearctic)
Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922
- S. alata Bouček, 1953 (West Palaearctic),
- S. albigena Darling, 1991 (Nearctic, Neotropical),
- S. alboaculeata Darling, 1995 (West Palaearctic),
- S. apotherisma Darling & Hanson, 1986 (Nearctic),
- S. brachyptera Masi, 1922 (West Palaearctic),
- S. canadensis Darling, 1991 (Nearctic),
- S. ciliata Yoshimoto, 1977 (Nearctic),
- S. dudichi Erdős, 1955 (West Palaearctic),
- S. felonia Darling & Hanson, 1986 (Nearctic),
- S. ferrierei (Hedqvist, 1964) (Neotropical),
- S. hiko Darling, 1995 (East Palaearctic),
- S. laevis Darling, 1991 (Neotropical),
- S. procera Graham, 1966 (West Palaearctic)
- S. rameli Mitroiu, 2016 (West Palaearctic)
- S. viridis Mitroiu, 2016 (Canary Islands)
There is one fossil species: S. georgei Darling, 1997.[2]
References
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