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Pelecinellidae
	Leptofoenus rufus (female)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Infraorder:	Proctotrupomorpha
Superfamily:	Chalcidoidea
Family:	Pelecinellidae; Ashmead, 1895
Genera
	Nefoenus; Doddifoenus; Leptofoenus;

Pelecinellidae is a small family of chalcidoid wasps, formerly treated as the subfamily Leptofoeninae within Pteromalidae. They, like many small chalcidoids, are brilliantly metallic.

The subfamily contains three genera, Nefoenus, Doddifoenus (with four species^[2]) and Leptofoenus (with five extant species).^[3] The species Doddifoenus wallacei is the largest known chalcidoid wasp, reaching nearly 5 cm (2.0 in) in length (including ovipositor).^[4]

The first pelecinellid species known from the fossil record, Leptofoenus pittfieldae, was described in 2009 by Michael S. Engel from a specimen discovered in Dominican amber.^[5]

References

^ Ashmead, W.H. (1895) On the genus Pelecinella, Westwood, and its position among the Chalcididae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 3: 230–233. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19642#page/272/mode/1up
^ Gupta, A., Gowda, H.K.H.M. & Sankararaman, H. First report of the genus with first host record and description of an enchanting new species of Doddifoenus Bouček (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Leptofoeninae) from India. Biologia 77, 2581–2592 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01133-4
^ Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.
^ Krogmann, L., Burks, R.A. (2009) Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization. Zootaxa 2194: 21-36.
^ Engel, M.S. (2005). "The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic". ZooKeys (13): 57–66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.13.159. hdl:1808/5595.

[1] Ashmead, W.H. (1895) On the genus Pelecinella, Westwood, and its position among the Chalcididae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 3: 230–233. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19642#page/272/mode/1up

[2] Gupta, A., Gowda, H.K.H.M. & Sankararaman, H. First report of the genus with first host record and description of an enchanting new species of Doddifoenus Bouček (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Leptofoeninae) from India. Biologia 77, 2581–2592 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01133-4

[BurksEtAl-3] Roger A. Burks; Mircea-Dan Mitroiu; Lucian Fusu; et al. (20 December 2022). "From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 94: 13–88. doi:10.3897/JHR.94.94263. ISSN 1070-9428. Wikidata Q115923766.

[4] Krogmann, L., Burks, R.A. (2009) Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization. Zootaxa 2194: 21-36.

[Engel2009-5] Engel, M.S. (2005). "The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic". ZooKeys (13): 57–66. doi:10.3897/zookeys.13.159. hdl:1808/5595.

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