Ceidae is a small family of chalcid wasps, previously classified as subfamily Ceinae, in the polyphyletic family Pteromalidae.[1] These wasps are parasitoids of other small insects. Hosts are known only for Cea pulicaris (small Agromyzid flies) and Spalangiopelta alata (small Drosophilid flies).[2][3]

Ceidae
Cea pulicaris female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Chalcidoidea
Family: Ceidae
Bouček, 1961
Genera

Bohpa
Cea
Spalangiopelta

Female Bohpa maculata

Genera and species

edit

Bohpa Darling,1991

  • B. maculata Darling, 1991(South Africa)

Cea Walker, 1837

  • C. pulicaris Walker, 1837 (West Palaearctic)

Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922

  • S. alata Bouček, 1953 (West Palaearctic),
  • S. albigena Darling, 1991 (Nearctic, Neotropical),
  • S. alboaculeata Darling, 1995 (West Palaearctic),
  • S. apotherisma Darling & Hanson, 1986 (Nearctic),
  • S. brachyptera Masi, 1922 (West Palaearctic),
  • S. canadensis Darling, 1991 (Nearctic),
  • S. ciliata Yoshimoto, 1977 (Nearctic),
  • S. dudichi Erdős, 1955 (West Palaearctic),
  • S. felonia Darling & Hanson, 1986 (Nearctic),
  • S. ferrierei (Hedqvist, 1964) (Neotropical),
  • S. hiko Darling, 1995 (East Palaearctic),
  • S. laevis Darling, 1991 (Neotropical),
  • S. procera Graham, 1966 (West Palaearctic)
  • S. rameli Mitroiu, 2016 (West Palaearctic)
  • S. viridis Mitroiu, 2016 (Canary Islands)

There is one fossil species: S. georgei Darling, 1997.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 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. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
  2. ^ a b 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.