Worldwide, but most diverse in the tropics and subtropics.
Biology
Parasitoids or hyperparasitoids of insects that are
usually in a concealed situation or parasitoids of insect or spider
eggs.
References
Gibson
A.P. 1993. Superfamilies Mymarommatoidea and Chalcidoidea (pp. 570-655). In GOULET, H. & HUBER,
J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families.
Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.