Subfamily Scelioninae Thomson 1858 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera

Alternative spelling: Scelionidae

Synonym: Platychalidae Kaddumi 2005

Parent taxon: Platygastroidea according to H. Y. Chen et al. 2021

See also Ashmead 1893, Carpenter 1992, Johnson 1992, Kaddumi 2007, Kononova 2010, Kononova and Simutnik 2015, Masner 1976, Nel and Prokop 2005, Ortega-Blanco et al. 2014, Poinar 2012, Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020, Schlüter 1978, Statz 1938, Talamas and Buffington 2015 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Caradiophyodidae, Geoscelionidae, Laelius nudipennis, Neuroscelionidae, Platygastridae, Proterosceliopsidae, Sparasionidae

Subtaxa: Acutibaeus Alavascelio Amissascelio Aneurobaeus Aradophagus Archaeogryon Baeini Baryconini Baryconus Bruescelio Calliscelio Calliscelionini Calotelea Cascoscelio Chromoteleia Duta Electroteleiopsis Embidobia Embidobiini Embioctonus Eocalliscelio Eopteromalites Galloscelio Gryon Gryonini Jordanoscelio Juxtascelio Leptogasterites Leptoteleia Macroteleia Mirotelenomus Moravoscelio Opisthacantha Palaeogryon Paridris Perimoscelio Platygasterites Probaryconus Proplatyscelio Proteroscelio Pseudidris Pseudobaeus Pseudotelea Psilanteridini Psilanteris Scelionini Scelionites Sembilanocera Sinilongicapito Sinoprotelenomus Spiniteleia Teleasinae Telenominae Tithonoscelio Trachelopteron Triteleia Uroteleia

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (4 collections)

• Miocene of China (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Peru (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of China (2), France (1), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Montana)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Czech Republic (1)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), France (1), Jordan (1), Lebanon (1), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (3), Spain (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 36 collections including 94 occurrences

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