Whitefly-parasite
Guides
Sceliotrachelinae
Sceliotrachelinae is a subfamily of minute parasitoid wasps in the family Platygastridae, established by Brues in 1908. The subfamily was significantly revised in 1989 when 26 genera were reassigned from the former Inostemmatinae based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Members are primary endoparasitoids, specifically egg parasitoids (ooparasitoids), of whiteflies (Aleyrodidae). The subfamily contains 26 accepted genera including Allotropa, Amitus, Fidiobia, and Sceliotrachelus, with a global distribution spanning six continents.