Diaprioidea is a
hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic.
Females typi ...
n superfamily containing five extant families;
in the past these families were included in the superfamily
Proctotrupoidea
Proctotrupoidea is a hymenopteran superfamily containing seven extant families, though others have been recognized in the past, most of these having been removed to a recently erected superfamily Diaprioidea. Of the remaining families, only Proct ...
.
Families
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Austroniidae
''Austronia'' is a genus of wasps endemic to Australia. It is the only genus in the family Austroniidae. Three species are currently recognized. Members of this genus are 4-6 millimeters long and are found in the wet forests of southern Australia ...
has a single genus endemic to temperate forests of south-east Australia and Tasmania;
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Diapriidae
The Diapriidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. These tiny insects have an average length of 2–4 mm and never exceed 8 mm. They typically attack larvae and pupae of a wide range of insects, especially flies. The about 2,300 described ...
has a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
with more than 1900 species in about 174 genera;
[Yoder, M. J. (2010). Advances in diapriid (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) systematics, with contributions to cybertaxonomy and the analysis of rRNA sequence data (Doctoral dissertation, Texas A & M University). https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1301]
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Ismaridae has a single genus with a
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
;
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Maamingidae
''Maaminga '' is a genus of parasitic wasps containing two species and constituting the family (biology), family Maamingidae. So far only known from New Zealand, the two named species are ''Maaminga marrisi'' and ''Maaminga rangi, M. rangi''. T ...
has a single genus endemic to New Zealand;
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Monomachidae
Monomachidae is a family of parasitoid wasps in the order Hymenoptera comprising two genera. The species of the family are found in the Southern Hemisphere, primarily in the tropics of the New World with a few from Australia and New Guinea.
D ...
has two genera from Australia, New Guinea and South America;
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Spathiopterygidae (extinct).
References
Parasitica
Apocrita superfamilies
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