Teleasinae is a subfamily of wasps in the family

Platygastridae The hymenopteran family Platygastridae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Platygasteridae) is a large group (over 4000 species) of exclusively parasitoid wasps, mostly very small (1–2 mm), black, and shining, with geniculate (elbowed) anten ...

. There are about 14 genera and more than 250 species in Teleasinae. The subfamilies

Scelioninae Scelioninae is a subfamily of wasps in the family Platygastridae. 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 ...

, Teleasinae, and Telenominae were formerly in the family Scelionidae, but Scelionidae was combined with the family Platygastridae because of genetic similarities. The name Platygastridae was retained for the resulting family because of seniority.

Genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Teleasinae: * '' Ceratoteleas'' Kozlov, 1965 * '' Dvivarnus'' Rajmohana & Veenakumari, 2011 * '' Echinoteleas'' Risbec, 1954 * '' Gryonella'' Dodd, 1914 * '' Gryonoides'' Dodd, 1920 * '' Odontoscelio'' Kieffer, 1905 * '' Prosacantha'' Nees, 1834 * '' Ptilostenius'' Kozlov & Lê, 1988 * '' Scutelliteleas'' Szabó, 1966 * '' Teleas'' Latreille, 1809 * '' Trimorus'' Förster, 1856 * '' Trisacantha'' Ashmead, 1887 * '' Xenomerus'' Walker, 1836 * † '' Cretaxenomerus'' Nel & Azar, 2005

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