Melanosomellidae is a family of
parasitic wasp
Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps ( Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causi ...
s in the superfamily
Chalcidoidea
Chalcid wasps (, , for their metallic colour) are insects within the superfamily Chalcidoidea, part of the order Hymenoptera. The superfamily contains some 22,500 known species, and an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, m ...
; it includes 31 described genera, which are mostly found the southern hemisphere. Although the biology of most of these wasps is unknown, the larvae and pupae of some species develop in leaf galls or stem galls on various trees.
Genera
This family contains the following genera:
* ''
Aditrochus''
* ''
Aeschylia''
* ''
Alloderma''
* ''
Alyxiaphagus''
* ''
Australicesa''
* ''
Brachyscelidiphaga''
* ''
Encyrtocephalus''
* ''
Epelatus''
* ''
Espinosa''
* ''
Eurytomomma''
* ''
Hansonita''
* ''
Hubena''
* ''
Indoclava''
* ''
Krivena''
* ''
Lincolna''
* ''
Lisseurytoma''
* ''
Mayrellus''
* ''
Megamelanosoma''
* ''
Nambouria''
* ''
Neochalcissia''
* ''
Neoperilampus''
* ''
Perilampella''
* ''
Perilampomyia''
* ''
Plastobelyta''
* ''
Queenslandia''
* ''
Systolomorpha''
* ''
Terobiella''
* ''
Trichilogaster''
* ''
Westra''
* ''
Wubina''
* ''
Xantheurytoma''
References
Chalcidoidea
Apocrita families
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