Sparasionidae
{{Short description|Family of wasps}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| oldest_fossil = Cenomanian
| image = Archaeoteleia gilbertae AMNZ75111 Side.jpg
| image_caption = Archaeoteleia gilbertae
| taxon = Sparasionidae
| authority = Dahlbom, 1858
| subdivision = See text
}}
Sparasionidae is a family of wasps in the superfamily Platygastroidea. Known species are parasitoids of the eggs of orthopterans.{{Cite journal|last1=Chen|first1=Huayan|last2=Lahey|first2=Zachary|last3=Talamas|first3=Elijah J.|last4=Valerio|first4=Alejandro A.|last5=Popovici|first5=Ovidiu A.|last6=Musetti|first6=Luciana|last7=Klompen|first7=Hans|last8=Polaszek|first8=Andrew|last9=Masner|first9=Lubomír|last10=Austin|first10=Andrew D.|last11=Johnson|first11=Norman F.|date=2021|title=An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification|journal=Systematic Entomology|language=en|volume=46|issue=4|pages=1088–1113|doi=10.1111/syen.12511|s2cid=237486714 |issn=1365-3113|doi-access=free}}
Taxonomy
- Archaeoteleia Masner – Burmese amber, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Baltic amber, Eocene – New Zealand, Chile, recent
- †Electroteleia Brues – Baltic amber, Eocene
- Mexon Masner & Johnson – Americas
- Listron Musetti & Johnson – Americas
- Sceliomorpha Ashmead – Americas
- Sparasion Latreille – Nearctic, Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions