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Ceraphronidae is a small Hymenopteran family with 14 genera and some 360 known species, though a great many species are still undescribed. It is a poorly known group as a whole, though most are believed to be parasitoids (esp. of flies), and a few hyperparasitoids. Many are found in the soil, and of these, a number are wingless.

The family is distinguished from the closely related Megaspilidae by having a very small stigma in the wing, a very broad metasomal petiole, and a single median groove in the mesoscutum.

The taxon was erected by Alexander Henry Haliday in 1833

• Dessart, P., 1965 Contribution ? l'?tudendes Hym?nopt?res Proctotrupoidea.(VI)Les Ceraphroninae et quelques Megaspilinae(Ceraphronidae)du Mus?e Civique d'Histoire Naturelles de G?nes. Bulletin et Annales de la Soci?t? Royale Entomologique de Belgique:101:105-192.
• Watson, L., and Dallwitz M.J., 2003. British insects: the f amilies of Hymenoptera.Version: 16th July 2011[1]

External links

• Cedar Creek Images of pinned specimens.
• Waspweb
• Images at Bug Guide

The Family Ceraphronidae is a member of the Superfamily Ceraphronoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ceraphronidae:

• Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
  • Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
    • Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
      • Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
        • Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
          • Superphylum: Panarthropoda Cuvier
            • Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
              • Subphylum: Mandibulata Snodgrass, 1938
                • Infraphylum: Atelocerata Heymons, 1901
                  • Superclass: Panhexapoda
                    • Class: Insecta C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
                      • Subclass: Dicondylia
                        • Infraclass: Pterygota - Winged Insects
                          • Superorder: Hymenopterida
                            • Order: Hymenoptera C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Ants, Bees, and Wasps
                              • Suborder: Apocrita - Ants, Bees
                                • Infraorder: Proctotrupomorpha
                                  • Superfamily: Ceraphronoidea
                                    • Family: Ceraphronidae - ceraphronid wasps, ceraphronides, ceraphronids