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Family of wasps

Melanosomellidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Melanosomellidae Girault, 1913

Melanosomellidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea; 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.

References

Van Noort, Simon; Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan; Burks, Roger; Gibson, Gary; Hanson, Paul; Heraty, John; Janšta, Petr; Cruaud, Astrid; Rasplus, Jean-Yves (2024). "Redefining Ormyridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with establishment of subfamilies and description of new genera". Systematic Entomology. 49 (3): 447–494. Bibcode:2024SysEn..49..447V. doi:10.1111/syen.12630.

Extant Hymenopteran families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Holometabola

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Tenthredinoidea	Argidae (argid sawflies) Blasticotomidae (fern sawflies) Cimbicidae (cimbicid sawflies) Diprionidae (conifer sawflies) Pergidae (pergid sawflies) Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)
Xyeloidea	Xyelidae
Pamphilioidea	Megalodontesidae Pamphiliidae (web-spinning sawflies)
Siricoidea	Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps) Siricidae (horntails)
Xiphydrioidea	Xiphydriidae (wood wasps)
Cephoidea	Cephidae (stem sawflies)
Orussoidea	Orussidae (parasitic wood wasps)

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Ichneumonoidea

Ceraphronoidea

Proctotrupomorpha

Platygastroidea	Geoscelionidae Janzenellidae Neuroscelionidae Nixoniidae Platygastridae Scelionidae Sparasionidae
Cynipoidea	Austrocynipidae Cynipidae (gall wasps) Diplolepididae Figitidae Ibaliidae Liopteridae
Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)	Proctorenyxidae Roproniidae Heloridae Pelecinidae Peradeniidae Proctotrupidae Vanhorniidae
Diaprioidea	Austroniidae Diapriidae Ismaridae Maamingidae Monomachidae
Mymarommatoidea	Mymarommatidae
Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)	Agaonidae (fig wasps) Aphelinidae Azotidae Baeomorphidae Boucekiidae Calesidae Ceidae Cerocephalidae Chalcedectidae Chalcididae Chrysolampidae Cleonymidae Coelocybidae Cynipencyrtidae Diparidae Encyrtidae Epichrysomallidae Eucharitidae Eulophidae Eunotidae Eupelmidae Eurytomidae Eutrichosomatidae Herbertiidae Hetreulophidae Heydeniidae Idioporidae Leucospidae Lyciscidae Macromesidae Megastigmidae Melanosomellidae Metapelmatidae Moranilidae Mymaridae (fairyflies) Neanastatidae Neodiparidae Ooderidae Ormyridae Pelecinellidae Perilampidae Pirenidae Pteromalidae Signiphoridae Spalangiidae Systasidae Tanaostigmatidae Tetracampidae Torymidae Trichogrammatidae

Evanioidea

Stephanoidea

Stephanidae

Megalyroidea

Megalyridae

Trigonaloidea

Trigonalidae

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Scoliidae (scoliid wasps)

Formicoidea

Formicidae (ants)

Apoidea

Spheciformes (sphecoid wasps)	Ammoplanidae Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps) Astatidae Bembicidae Crabronidae Mellinidae Pemphredonidae Philanthidae Psenidae Sphecidae (thread-waisted wasps)

Anthophila (bees)	Andrenidae (mason bees) Apidae (honey bees, bumblebees, cuckoo bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, stingless bees) Colletidae (plasterer bees) Halictidae (sweat bees) Megachilidae (mason bees, leafcutter bees) Melittidae Stenotritidae

See also: Unicalcarida

Taxon identifiers
Melanosomellidae	Wikidata: Q115822309 CoL: CB9PG

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