Ceidae

Ceidae
Female Cea pulicaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Ceidae Bouček, 1961
Type genus
Cea Walker, 1837 [1]
Genera
Bohpa Darling, 1991 Cea Walker, 1837 Spalangiopelta Masi, 1922

Female Bohpa maculata

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]}

Description

Its antennae have twelve flagellomeres, and its labrum is subrectangular and exposed. ^[1]

Genera and species

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

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. 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 textfrom 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.