Parasitoids of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera larva in
concealed situations (underneath bark or in soil); cleptoparasites in
nests of other wasps and bees; parasitoids of stick insect eggs
(Phasmatodea); external parasitoids of leaf hoppers (Cicadellidae).
Diversity
Estimated 16 000
species 70% of which are undescribed.
Reference
Finnamore, A.T. & Brothers, D.J. 1993. Superfamily Chrysidoidea (pp.
130-160). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
