Belongs within: Aphelinidae.
Contains: Aphelinus.
The Aphelininae are small chalcidoid wasps with a linea calva and six or less antennal segments. Genera include Marlattiella with just three antennal segments in males and four in females (Hayat 1983).
Aphelininae [Aphytini]HB13
| i. s.: Pteroptrixella Girault 1932G32
| `--*P. metallica Girault 1932H83
| MashimaroHB13
| Arrhenophagus chionaspidisWB37
|--Marietta Motschulsky 1863CR24, H83 [incl. Perissopterus Howard 1895H83, Pseudaphelinus Brèthes 1918H83]
| |--*M. leopardinaH83
| |--M. angeloni Girault 1932G32
| |--M. busckiiH83
| |--‘*Pseudaphelinus’ carideiH83
| |--M. carnesiMH11
| |--M. connectaH83
| |--M. cowperi (Girault 1923)GM79
| |--M. distonota Girault 1932G32
| |--M. javensis Girault 1932GM79
| | |--M. j. javensisG32
| | `--M. j. indi Girault 1932G32
| |--M. lessingi Girault 1932G32
| |--M. literata (Girault 1915)GM79
| |--M. maculatipes Girault 1917GM79
| |--M. mexicanaH83
| |--M. peculiaris Girault 1932G32
| |--M. pulchella [=Aphelinus pulchellus, *Perissopterus pulchellus]H83
| |--‘Perissopterus’ punctaticorpus Girault 1917G17
| `--M. romae Girault 1932G32
`--+--Centrodora Foerster 1878CR24, H83 (see below for synonymy)
| |--*C. amoena Foerster 1878H83
| |--‘*Microeupelmus’ acridiphagus Otten 1941H83
| |--‘*Pechlaneria’ alpina Soyka 1948H83
| |--C. flava (Girault 1911) [=*Tumidiscapus flavus]H83
| |--C. fuscipennis (Girault 1913) [=*Plastocharella fuscipennis]H83
| |--C. inconspicua [=Plastocharella inconspicua]H83
| |--C. maxima [=Plastocharella maxima]H83
| |--C. perkinsiH83
| |--‘*Debachiella’ pini Gordh & Rosen 1973H83
| |--C. scolypopaeCA04
| |--C. terrigena (Girault 1932)H83, G32 [=Plastocharella terrigenaH83]
| |--C. tomaspidisH83
| `--C. xiphidii (Perkins 1906) [=*Paraphelinus xiphidii]H83
`--+--+--Aphytis Howard 1900CR24, H83 (see below for synonymy)
| | | i. s.: *A. chilensis Howard 1900H83
| | | A. cercinusH83
| | | A. chrysomphaliC81
| | | A. diaspidisWEE70
| | | A. fischeriH83
| | | A. funicularisH83
| | | ‘*Syediella’ maculata Shafee 1970H83
| | | A. maculicornisC81
| | | A. mercetiH83
| | | A. mytilaspidisRD77
| | | ‘Aphelinus (*Prospaphelinus)’ silvestrii De Gregorio 1914H83
| | | A. ulianovi Girault 1932G32
| | | A. vittatus (Compere 1925) [=*Paraphytis vittatus]H83
| | |--A. lingnanensisMH11
| | `--+--A. holoxanthusMH11
| | `--A. melinusMH11
| `--Marlattiella Howard 1907CR24, H83
| |--*M. primaH83
| `--M. maculataH83
`--+--AphelinusCR24
`--EutrichosomelliniHB13
|--UmairiaCR24
`--+--+--Samariola Hayat 1983CR24, H83
| | `--*S. camerounensis Hayat 1983H83
| `--Protaphelinus Mackauer 1972HB13, H83
| `--*P. nikolskajae [=Aphelinus nikolskajae]H83
`--Eutrichosomella Girault 1915CR24, H83
|--*E. albiclava Girault 1915H83
|--E. aereiscapus Girault 1924GM79
|--E. albifemora Girault 1923G23
|--E. blattophagaH83
|--E. insularisH83
`--E. multifasciataH83
Aphytis Howard 1900CR24, H83 [incl. Paraphytis Compere 1925H83, Prospaphelinus De Gregorio 1914H83, Syediella Shafee 1970H83]
Centrodora Foerster 1878CR24, H83 [incl. Debachiella Gordh & Rosen 1973H83, Microeupelmus Otten 1941H83, Paraphelinus Perkins 1906H83, Pechlaneria Soyka 1948H83, Plastocharella Girault 1913H83, Tumidiscapus Girault 1911H83]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[C81] Caltagirone, L. E. 1981. Landmark examples in classical biological control. Annual Review of Entomology 26: 213–232.
[CA04] Charles, J. G., & D. J. Allan. 2004. Passionvine hopper, Scolypopa australis (Walker) (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae), egg parasitism by Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 27: 83–89.
[CR24] Cruaud, A., J.-Y. Rasplus, J. Zhang, R. Burks, G. Delvare, L. Fusu, A. Gumovsky, J. T. Huber, P. Janšta, M.-D. Mitroiu, J. S. Noyes, S. van Noort, A. Baker, J. Böhmová, H. Baur, B. B. Blaimer, S. G. Brady, K. Bubeníková, M. Chartois, R. S. Copeland, N. D.-S. Papilloud, A. D. Molin, C. Dominguez, M. Gebiola, E. Guerrieri, R. L. Kresslein, L. Krogmann, E. Lemmon, E. A. Murray, S. Nidelet, J. L. Nieves-Aldrey, R. K. Perry, R. S. Peters, A. Polaszek, L. Sauné, J. Torréns, S. Triapitsyn, E. V. Tselikh, M. Yoder, A. R. Lemmon, J. B. Woolley & J. M. Heraty. 2024. The Chalcidoidea bush of life: evolutionary history of a massive radiation of minute wasps. Cladistics 40: 34–63.
[G17] Girault, A. A. 1917. Descriptiones stellarum novarum. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 80–101).
[G23] Girault, A. A. 1923. Microscopitis, womanitis and new Hexapoda. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 170–177).
[G32] Girault, A. A. 1932. New lower Hymenoptera from Australia and India. Privately published (reprinted: Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 293–298).
[GM79] Gordh, G., A. S. Menke, E. C. Dahms & J. C. Hall. 1979. The privately printed papers of A. A. Girault. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 28: 1–400.
[H83] Hayat, M. 1983. The genera of Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera) of the world. Systematic Entomology 8: 63–102.
[HB13] Heraty, J. M., R. A. Burks, A. Cruaud, G. A. P. Gibson, J. Liljeblad, J. Munro, J.-Y. Rasplus, G. Delvare, P. Janšta, A. Gumovsky, J. Huber, J. B. Woolley, L. Krogmann, S. Heydon, A. Polaszek, S. Schmidt, D. C. Darling, M. W. Gates, J. Mottern, E. Murray, A. D. Molin, S. Triapitsyn, H. Baur, J. D. Pinto, S. van Noort, J. George & M. Yoder. 2013. A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics 29: 466–542.
[MH11] Munro, J. B., J. M. Heraty, R. A. Burks, D. Hawks, J. Mottern, A. Cruaud, J.-Y. Rasplus & P. Jansta. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). PloS One 6 (11): e27023.
[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology 10th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.
[WB37] Walton, W. R., & F. C. Bishopp. 1937. Dr. L. O. Howard and the Entomological Society of Washington. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 39 (6): 121–132.
[WEE70] Woodward, T. E., J. W. Evans & V. F. Eastop. 1970. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, etc.) In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 387–457. Melbourne University Press.