Insecta - Hymenoptera - Aphelinidae
Alternative spelling: Aphelinina
Full reference: C. G. Thomson. 1876. Skandinaviens Hymenoptera 4:e. Delen Innehållande Slägtet Pteromalus Svederus 1-192
Parent taxon: Chalcidoidea according to J. M. Heraty et al. 2013
See also Munro et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Agaonidae, Asaphesinae, Aspidopleura, Austrosystasinae, Baeomorphidae, Boucekiidae, Bouceklytinae, Brachyceritidae, Ceidae, Cerocephalidae, Chalcedectidae, Chalcididae, Chrysolampidae, Cleonymidae, Coelocybidae, Diparidae, Distylopinae, Ditropinotellinae, Diversinitidae, Encyrtidae, Enoggerinae, Epichrysomallidae, Eucharitidae, Eulophidae, Eunotidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Expansicornidae, Herbertiidae, Hetreulophidae, Heydeniidae, Idioporidae, Keryinae, Leptoomidae, Leucospidae, Lithobelyta, Louriciinae, Lyciscidae, Macromesidae, Melanosomellidae, Metapelmatidae, Micradelinae, Moranilidae, Mymaridae, Neanastatidae, Neapterolelapinae, Neodiparidae, Ooderidae, Parasaphodinae, Pelecinellidae, Perilampidae, Pirenidae, Protoitidae, Pteromalidae, Pteromalites, Signiphoridae, Spalangiidae, Storeyinae, Systasidae, Tanaostigmatidae, Tetracampidae, Torymidae, Trichogrammatidae
Subtaxa: Aphelininae Phtuariinae
Distribution: found only at Baltic amber (AMNH collection) (Eocene of Russian Federation)