Chalcidoidea (Latreille 1817), Chalcid Wasps ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Superfamily

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Taxonomy of Superfamily Chalcidoidea Latreille, 1817
Chalcid Wasps, Chalcidoid wasps, Chalcidoids

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps	319 21125 328720	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867 Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps	165 17348 314830	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Parasitica Hartig, 1837 Parasitic Apocrita, Parasitic wasps, Parasitoid wasps	100 10917 147526	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Chalcidoidea Latreille, 1817 Chalcid Wasps, Chalcidoid wasps, Chalcidoids	40 4614 48901	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Chalcidoidea Latreille, 1817

Family	Agaonidae Walker, 1848 Fig wasp, Fig wasps	154 1318	Genera Species
Family	Antophoridae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Aphelinidae Thomson, 1876 Aphelinid wasps	132 2345	Genera Species
Family	Azotidae Nikol´skaya & Yasnosh, 1966 ⇒ Azotinae Azotid wasps	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Brachonidae	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Brachyceritidae ♰ Hong, 2002	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Carabaidae	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Chalcididae Latreille, 1817 Chalcidid wasps, Chalcidids, Chalcids	285 3854	Genera Species
Family	Coengrionidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Cybocelphalidae	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Cynipencyrtidae Trjapitzin, 1973	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Elasmidae Forster, 1856 ⇒ Eulophidae Elasmid wasps	1 0	Genus Species
Family	Elatiridae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Encyrtidae Walker, 1837 Encyrtid wasps, Encyrtids	976 8279	Genera Species
Family	Eriaporidae Ghesquière, 1955 Eriaporid wasps	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Eucharitidae ♰ Latreille, 1809 Eucharitid wasp, Eucharitid wasps, Eucharitids	111 847	Genera Species
Family	Eulophidae Westwood, 1829 Eulophid wasps, Eulophids	784 11402	Genera Species
Family	Eupelmidae Walker, 1833 Eupelmid wasps, Eupelmids	111 1668	Genera Species
Family	Eurytomidae Walker, 1832 Eurytomid wasps, Eurytomids, Jointworms, Seed chalcids	145 2543	Genera Species
Family	Expansicornidae ♰ Hong, 2002	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Halicitidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Khutelchalcididae ♰ Rasnitsyn & al., 2004	2 2	Genera Species
Family	Leucospidae Fabricius, 1775 Leucospid wasps, Leucospids, Wasps	12 276	Genera Species
Family	Leucospididae Cameron, 1883 ⇒ Leucospidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Libellunidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Mymaridae Haliday, 1833 Fairflies, Fairy flies, Fairy wasps, Fairyflies, Fairyfly	241 2850	Genera Species
Family	Ormyridae Förster, 1856 Armyrids, Ormyrid wasps	14 208	Genera Species
Family	Othniidae LeConte, 1861 ⇒ Salpingidae False tiger beetles	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Perilampidae Latreille, 1809 Perilampid waps, Perilampid wasps, Perilampids	69 537	Genera Species
Family	Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820 Pteromalid wasps, Pteromalids	1148 8216	Genera Species
Family	Pteronarcidae Newman, 1853 ⇒ Pteronarcyidae Giant Stoneflies	6 8	Genera Species
Family	Rotoitidae BouÄek & Noyes, 1987 Rotoitid wasps	3 3	Genera Species
Family	Scalopterigidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Scarabaidae	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Signiphoridae Howard, 1894 Signiphorid waps, Signiphorid wasps	16 215	Genera Species
Family	Tanaostigmatidae ♰ Howard, 1890 Tanaostigmatid wasps, Tanaostigmatids	18 132	Genera Species
Family	Tetracampidae Förster, 1856 Tetracampid wasps	23 111	Genera Species
Family	Tiphiiidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Torymidae Walker, 1833 Apple seed chalcids, Torymid wasps, Torymids	171 2409	Genera Species
Family	Trichogrammatidae ♰ Haliday, 1851 Trichogrammatid wasps, Trichogrammatids	186 1672	Genera Species

Synonyms

Alaptoidea (Perkins, 1912)

Mymaroidea (Haliday, 1833)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Chalcidoidea

German	Erzwespen
English	Chalcid Wasps, Chalcidoid wasps, Chalcidoids
Dutch	Bronswespen
Swedish	Glanssteklar, Malmsteklar
Finnish	Kiilupistiäiset, Kiilupistiäisiä

Distribution and Species lists of Chalcidoidea Latreille, 1817

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Afghanistan
13 Families  58 Genera  82 SpeciesAlbania
10 Families  30 Genera  51 SpeciesAlgeria
18 Families  143 Genera  245 SpeciesAndorra
7 Families  25 Genera  74 SpeciesAngola
8 Families  34 Genera  47 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesArgentina
16 Families  280 Genera  635 SpeciesArmenia
8 Families  39 Genera  58 SpeciesAustralia
19 Families  1057 Genera  4694 SpeciesAustria
15 Families  104 Genera  203 SpeciesAzerbaijan
7 Families  33 Genera  41 SpeciesBahamas
10 Families  19 Genera  21 SpeciesBangladesh
7 Families  21 Genera  22 SpeciesBarbados
8 Families  16 Genera  18 SpeciesBelarus
4 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesBelgium
14 Families  100 Genera  191 SpeciesBelize
7 Families  29 Genera  34 SpeciesBenin
9 Families  19 Genera  25 SpeciesBhutan
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesBolivia
14 Families  66 Genera  73 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBotswana
11 Families  35 Genera  29 SpeciesBrazil
17 Families  322 Genera  760 SpeciesBrunei
7 Families  13 Genera  28 SpeciesBulgaria
13 Families  85 Genera  164 SpeciesBurkina Faso
8 Families  11 Genera  16 SpeciesBurundi
5 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesCambodia
4 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesCameroon
16 Families  117 Genera  159 SpeciesCanada
18 Families  405 Genera  1324 SpeciesCape Verde
14 Families  55 Genera  53 SpeciesCentral African Republic
9 Families  27 Genera  11 SpeciesChad
7 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesChile
15 Families  90 Genera  160 SpeciesChina
19 Families  369 Genera  1182 SpeciesColombia
16 Families  134 Genera  218 SpeciesComoros
5 Families  9 Genera  6 SpeciesCook Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesCosta Rica
16 Families  313 Genera  1223 SpeciesCroatia
11 Families  64 Genera  90 SpeciesCuba
15 Families  101 Genera  118 SpeciesCyprus
9 Families  38 Genera  52 SpeciesCzech Republic
17 Families  426 Genera  1549 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
14 Families  101 Genera  233 SpeciesDenmark
16 Families  287 Genera  829 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDominica
7 Families  14 Genera  15 SpeciesDominican Republic
16 Families  58 Genera  62 SpeciesEast Timor
3 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesEcuador
16 Families  115 Genera  165 SpeciesEgypt
14 Families  72 Genera  128 SpeciesEl Salvador
10 Families  24 Genera  26 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
4 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesEritrea
12 Families  57 Genera  93 SpeciesEstonia
10 Families  36 Genera  36 SpeciesEthiopia
13 Families  63 Genera  93 SpeciesFiji
9 Families  31 Genera  33 SpeciesFinland
14 Families  366 Genera  1348 SpeciesFrance
17 Families  336 Genera  960 SpeciesGabon
11 Families  33 Genera  56 SpeciesGambia
9 Families  32 Genera  25 SpeciesGeorgia
14 Families  71 Genera  83 SpeciesGermany
17 Families  229 Genera  693 SpeciesGhana
13 Families  70 Genera  108 SpeciesGreece
18 Families  164 Genera  306 SpeciesGrenada
13 Families  39 Genera  52 SpeciesGuatemala
14 Families  72 Genera  90 SpeciesGuinea
8 Families  24 Genera  33 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
7 Families  12 Genera  6 SpeciesGuyana
14 Families  46 Genera  59 SpeciesHaiti
8 Families  42 Genera  62 SpeciesHonduras
13 Families  61 Genera  98 SpeciesHungary
16 Families  207 Genera  350 SpeciesIceland
14 Families  70 Genera  75 SpeciesIndia
18 Families  482 Genera  1662 SpeciesIndonesia
19 Families  222 Genera  423 SpeciesIran
11 Families  78 Genera  129 SpeciesIraq
10 Families  16 Genera  16 SpeciesIreland
12 Families  138 Genera  340 SpeciesIsrael
13 Families  87 Genera  184 SpeciesItaly
18 Families  416 Genera  1526 SpeciesIvory Coast
15 Families  93 Genera  168 SpeciesJamaica
12 Families  46 Genera  42 SpeciesJapan
15 Families  245 Genera  638 SpeciesJordan
8 Families  13 Genera  16 SpeciesKazakhstan
12 Families  81 Genera  198 SpeciesKenya
15 Families  136 Genera  219 SpeciesKiribati
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
11 Families  33 Genera  34 SpeciesLaos
9 Families  15 Genera  18 SpeciesLatvia
6 Families  15 Genera  16 SpeciesLebanon
10 Families  14 Genera  18 SpeciesLesotho
5 Families  9 Genera  7 SpeciesLiberia
10 Families  53 Genera  42 SpeciesLibya
8 Families  21 Genera  24 SpeciesLithuania
10 Families  15 Genera  15 SpeciesLuxembourg
8 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesMadagascar
17 Families  197 Genera  397 SpeciesMalawi
13 Families  53 Genera  86 SpeciesMalaysia
17 Families  173 Genera  324 SpeciesMaldives
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMali
7 Families  14 Genera  16 SpeciesMalta
8 Families  21 Genera  25 SpeciesMarshall Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesMauritania
6 Families  9 Genera  10 SpeciesMauritius
8 Families  42 Genera  54 SpeciesMexico
17 Families  365 Genera  855 SpeciesMicronesia
13 Families  65 Genera  103 SpeciesMoldova
10 Families  70 Genera  109 SpeciesMongolia
11 Families  128 Genera  326 SpeciesMontenegro
7 Families  29 Genera  33 SpeciesMorocco
11 Families  68 Genera  101 SpeciesMozambique
15 Families  51 Genera  64 SpeciesMyanmar
9 Families  25 Genera  33 SpeciesNamibia
15 Families  117 Genera  134 SpeciesNauru
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesNepal
13 Families  39 Genera  47 SpeciesNetherlands
16 Families  168 Genera  327 SpeciesNew Zealand
14 Families  220 Genera  355 SpeciesNicaragua
13 Families  38 Genera  40 SpeciesNiger
7 Families  12 Genera  13 SpeciesNigeria
14 Families  77 Genera  134 SpeciesNorth Korea
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesNorway
15 Families  299 Genera  1048 SpeciesOman
8 Families  12 Genera  7 SpeciesPakistan
13 Families  72 Genera  109 SpeciesPalau
8 Families  13 Genera  14 SpeciesPalestine
4 Families  6 Genera  4 SpeciesPanama
16 Families  125 Genera  173 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
17 Families  144 Genera  210 SpeciesParaguay
15 Families  73 Genera  133 SpeciesPeru
16 Families  123 Genera  221 SpeciesPhilippines
15 Families  168 Genera  343 SpeciesPoland
10 Families  63 Genera  95 SpeciesPortugal
15 Families  156 Genera  320 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
6 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
18 Families  449 Genera  1150 SpeciesRomania
12 Families  80 Genera  126 SpeciesRussia
17 Families  244 Genera  583 SpeciesRwanda
10 Families  25 Genera  38 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
5 Families  13 Genera  17 SpeciesSaint Lucia
10 Families  24 Genera  22 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
14 Families  89 Genera  120 SpeciesSamoa
6 Families  10 Genera  11 SpeciesSan Marino
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
5 Families  21 Genera  19 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
13 Families  28 Genera  33 SpeciesSenegal
16 Families  126 Genera  277 SpeciesSerbia
8 Families  50 Genera  56 SpeciesSeychelles
11 Families  54 Genera  66 SpeciesSierra Leone
13 Families  44 Genera  40 SpeciesSingapore
10 Families  30 Genera  28 SpeciesSlovakia
13 Families  147 Genera  245 SpeciesSlovenia
5 Families  19 Genera  21 SpeciesSolomon Islands
12 Families  54 Genera  76 SpeciesSomalia
10 Families  32 Genera  57 SpeciesSouth Korea
14 Families  83 Genera  163 SpeciesSpain
18 Families  356 Genera  927 SpeciesSri Lanka
14 Families  130 Genera  195 SpeciesSudan
10 Families  36 Genera  44 SpeciesSuriname
9 Families  17 Genera  17 SpeciesSweden
16 Families  447 Genera  2268 SpeciesSwitzerland
12 Families  92 Genera  114 SpeciesSyria
6 Families  10 Genera  11 SpeciesTaiwan
17 Families  348 Genera  1310 SpeciesTajikistan
11 Families  54 Genera  88 SpeciesTanzania
17 Families  164 Genera  189 SpeciesThailand
15 Families  76 Genera  97 SpeciesTogo
9 Families  17 Genera  21 SpeciesTonga
6 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
15 Families  143 Genera  254 SpeciesTunisia
12 Families  29 Genera  30 SpeciesTurkey
14 Families  89 Genera  206 SpeciesTurkmenistan
13 Families  92 Genera  243 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUganda
15 Families  120 Genera  200 SpeciesUkraine
12 Families  77 Genera  205 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
6 Families  14 Genera  17 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
18 Families  348 Genera  1166 SpeciesUruguay
12 Families  42 Genera  62 SpeciesUSA
20 Families  927 Genera  3967 SpeciesUzbekistan
13 Families  54 Genera  90 SpeciesVanuatu
6 Families  10 Genera  10 SpeciesVenezuela
16 Families  102 Genera  126 SpeciesVietnam
13 Families  65 Genera  82 SpeciesYemen
9 Families  21 Genera  24 SpeciesZambia
11 Families  37 Genera  61 SpeciesZimbabwe
15 Families  165 Genera  240 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
6 Families  13 Genera  21 SpeciesGreen River Formation
4 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesPosidonia Shale
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRott Formation
3 Families  4 Genera  19 Species

Links, sources and further information

Chalcidoidea at artfakta.se
Chalcidoidea at dyntaxa.se
Chalcidoidea at itis.gov