| Pelecinidae Temporal range:
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| Pelecinus polyturator | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Proctotrupoidea |
| Family: | Pelecinidae Haliday 1840 |
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Pelecinidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea. It contains only one living genus, Pelecinus, with three species known from the Americas. The earliest fossil species are known from the Jurassic, and the group was highly diverse during the Cretaceous.[1] Members of Pelecinus are parasitic on larval beetles, flies, green lacewings, and sawflies.[2]
- ^ Corentin Jouault (January 2021). "Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera, Pelecinidae) support the hypothesis of an Asian origin of the family". Annales de Paléontologie. 107 (1): 102464. doi:10.1016/J.ANNPAL.2020.102464. ISSN 0753-3969. Wikidata Q110667641.
- ^ Chungkun Shih; Hua Feng; Chenxi Liu; Yunyun Zhao; Dong Ren (1 November 2010). "Morphology, Phylogeny, Evolution, and Dispersal of Pelecinid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae) Over 165 Million Years". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 103 (6): 875–885. doi:10.1603/AN09043. ISSN 0013-8746. Wikidata Q54600738.