Platygastroidea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Platygastroidea
Familiae (1): Platygastridae
Name

Platygastroidea

References

Austin, A.D.; Johnson, N.F.; Dowton, M. 2005: Systematics, evolution, and biology of scelionid and platygastrid wasps. Annual review of entomology, 50: 553–582. [1]
Buhl, P.N., Broad, G.R. & Notton, D.G. 2016. Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Platygastroidea. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7991. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7991. Reference page.
Murphy, N.P.; Carey, D.; Castro, L.R.; Dowton, M.; Austin, A.D. 2007: Phylogeny of the platygastroid wasps (Hymenoptera) based on sequences from the 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase I genes: implications for the evolution of the ovipositor system and host relationships. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 91: 653–669.
Popovici, O.A., Masner, L., Viciriuc, M., Pintilioaie, A., Notton, D.G. & Talamas, E. 2018. New distribution data for some charismatic tramp species of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 4370(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.1.1 Reference page.
Sharkey, M.J. 2007: Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera. Pp. 521-548 in: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (Eds) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa, 1668: 1–766. [2]
Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1-276. Reference page.
Talamas, E.J., Mikó, I. & Johnston-Jordan, D. 2017. Convergence in the ovipositor system of platygastroid wasps (Hymenoptera). Pp 263-276 In
Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1-276. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/jhr.56.12300 Reference page.
Talamas, E.J. & Pham, H-T. 2017. An online photographic catalog of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Hanoi, Vietnam), with some taxonomic notes. Pp 225-239 In
Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1-276. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/jhr.56.10214 Reference page.
Talamas, E.J., Thompson, J., Cutler, A., Schoenberger, S.F., Cuminale, A., Jung, T., Johnson, N.F., Valerio, A.A., Smith, A.B., Haltermann, V., Alvarez, E., Schwantes, C., Blewer, C., Bodenreider, C., Salzberg, A., Luo, P., Meislin, D. & Buffington, M.L. 2017. An online photographic catalog of primary types of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Pp 187–224 In
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The Hymenopteran superfamily of parasitoid wasps, Platygastroidea, has often been treated as a lineage within the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, but most classifications since 1977 have recognized it as an independent group within the Proctotrupomorpha. It is presently has some 4000 described species.[1] They are exclusively parasitic in nature.

The family Scelionidae was briefly considered to be a subfamily of the Platygastridae,[2][3] though subsequent analyses have reversed this decision. Chen et al (2021) recognizes eight families, including five new extant families (Geoscelionidae, Janzenellidae, Neuroscelionidae, Nixoniidae, and Sparasionidae) and one extinct family †Proterosceliopsidae, known from fossils found in Cretaceous amber.[4] Members of the group are known from the Early Cretaceous to present.[5] The ancestral hosts of the group are orthopterans, with various lineages switching hosts to other insects.[4]
Trissolcus (family Scelionidae) on Chinavia eggs
References

Talamas EJ, Johnson NF, Shih C, Ren D (2019) Proterosceliopsidae: A new family of Platygastroidea from Cretaceous amber. In: Talamas E (Eds) Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea II. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 73: 3-38. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.73.32256
Aguiar et al. 2013
Sharkey, M.J. (2007). "Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera". Zootaxa. 309: 13–48.
Chen, Huayan; Lahey, Zachary; Talamas, Elijah J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Popovici, Ovidiu A.; Musetti, Luciana; Klompen, Hans; Polaszek, Andrew; Masner, Lubomír; Austin, Andrew D.; Johnson, Norman F. (2021). "An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification". Systematic Entomology. 46 (4): 1088–1113. doi:10.1111/syen.12511. ISSN 1365-3113.
Johnson, Norman F.; Musetti, Luciana; Masner, Lubomír (2008). "The Cretaceous Scelionid Genus Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea)". American Museum Novitates. 3603 (1): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3603[1:tcsgpb]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0003-0082.