Figitidae

{{Short description|Family of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Callaspidia.jpg

| image_caption = Callaspidia sp.

| taxon = Figitidae

| authority = Thomson, 1862

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies

| subdivision = See text

}}

File:Charipinae in twig nest.jpg

Figitidae is a family of parasitoid wasps. The full diversity of this wasp family is not yet known, but about 1400 species have been described to over 130 genera.{{cite journal|last1=Buffington|first1=Matthew L.|last2=Nylander|first2=Johan A. A.|last3=Heraty|first3=John M.|title=The phylogeny and evolution of Figitidae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea)|journal=Cladistics|volume=23|issue=5|year=2007|pages=403–431|issn=0748-3007|doi=10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00153.x|citeseerx=10.1.1.468.2008|s2cid=52106610 }} For example, the largest subfamily, Eucoilinae (previously considered as a separate family, the Eucoilidae),{{cite journal|last1=Forshage|first1=Mattias|last2=Nordlander|first2=Göran|last3=Buffington|first3=Matthew L.|title=Eucoilinae of North America: A Revised Catalog of Genera and Described Species|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|volume=115|issue=3|year=2013|pages=225–255|issn=0013-8797|doi=10.4289/0013-8797.115.3.225|s2cid=84385331 }} has over 1000 described species so far, but this is probably just a fraction of the total diversity. Figitid species occur throughout most of the world.

Some Figitidae are Drosophila parasitoids, such as the genera Leptopilina, Leptolamina, and Ganaspis.