Ceidae

Ceidae
Female Cea pulicaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Ceidae
Bouček, 1961
Type genus
Cea
Walker, 1837
Genera
Female Bohpa maculata

Ceidae is a small family of chalcid wasps, previously classified as subfamily Ceinae, in the polyphyletic family Pteromalidae. These wasps are parasitoids of other small insects. Hosts are known only for Cea pulicaris (small Agromyzid flies) and Spalangiopelta alata (small Drosophilid flies).

Description

Its antennae have twelve flagellomeres, and its labrum is subrectangular and exposed.

Genera and species

Bohpa Darling, 1991

Cea Walker, 1837

Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922

There is one fossil species: S. georgei Darling, 1997.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Burks, Roger A.; Mitroiu, Mircea; Fusu, Lucian; et al. (2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/jhr.94.94263. Wikidata Q115923766.
  2. 1 2 Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan (15 December 2016). "Review of world genera of Ceinae, with the description of two new Palaearctic species of Spalangiopelta Masi (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (251). doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.251. ISSN 2118-9773. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ Noyes, J.S. (March 2019). "Universal Chalcidoidea Database". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 May 2023.