Scelioninae

{{Short description|Subfamily of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Telenomus sp (1) (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Telenomus sp.

| taxon = Scelioninae

| authority = Haliday, 1839

}}

Scelioninae is a subfamily of wasps in the family Scelionidae. It is a very large cosmopolitan group (over 3000 described species in some 160 genera) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly small (0.5–10 mm), often black, often highly sculptured, usually with geniculate (elbowed) antennae that have a 9- or 10-segmented flagellum. It was formerly classified as a subfamily of the Platygastridae,[http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3703.1.12 Aguiar et al. 2013]{{Cite journal

| last1 = Sharkey | first1 = M.J.

| date = 2007

| title = Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279674220

| journal = Zootaxa

| volume = 309

| pages = 13–48

}} but in 2021 the family Scelionidae was revived, containing the subfamilies Scelioninae, Teleasinae, and Telenominae.{{cite journal

| vauthors=((Chen, H.)), ((Lahey, Z.)), ((Talamas, E. J.)), ((Valerio, A. A.)), ((Popovici, O. A.)), ((Musetti, L.)), ((Klompen, H.)), ((Polaszek, A.)), ((Masner, L.)), ((Austin, A. D.)), ((Johnson, N. F.))

| journal=Systematic Entomology

| title=An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification

| volume=46

| issue=4

| pages=1088–1113

| date= 2021

| issn=1365-3113

| doi=10.1111/syen.12511| doi-access=free

| bibcode=2021SysEn..46.1088C

}}