S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 27/2. (Budapest, 1974)

Subfamily (tribe) Plesiomorph characters Apomorph characters Calyptinae Notaulus deep. Ovipositor long. First three abdominal tergites moderately developed, rest transversally narrowed. Number of cubital cells two. Egg parasites. Body (often strongly) sculptured

. Cheloninae Number of cubital cells three. First three abdominal tergites fused into a carapace. Body often roughly sculptured. Cosmophorinae Head cubic. Abdomen petiolate

. Number of cubital cells two, wing venation partially atrophied. Dacnusinae Almost entire body smooth. Mandibles bent outward. Body with pubescence. Size: 1.5-4 mm. Number of cubital cells two, radial cell long and narrow

. Parasites in Agromyzidae. Euphorinae Number of cubital cells three (Meteorini)

. Ovipositor long (Meteorini)

. Abdomen petiolate. Number of cubital cells two (Euphorini)

. Partly parasites of adult insects. Helconinae Body elongate. Head cubic, occipital carina present. Number of cubital cells three. Ovipositor long. Parasites of woodboring beetle larvae Propodeum, metapleura and tergites l(-2) sculptured. Ichneutinae Number of cubital cells three, wing venation not atrophied Wing fuscous. Head strikingly transverse. Also parasitize eggs Macrocentrinae Body elongate, Size: 4-15 mm. Number of cubital cells three. Notauli and sternauli well developed. Ovipositor long. Polyembrionic. Occipital carina missing. Propodeum and 1st tergite often rugose. Microgaste rinae Body mainly smooth Number of antennái joint 18. Second cubital cell small. Size: 2.5-4 mm. Ovipositor short