Ceidae
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| Ceidae | |
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| Female Cea pulicaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Chalcidoidea |
| Family: | Ceidae Bouček, 1961 |
| Type genus | |
| Cea | |
| Genera | |
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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]
