Parasitica

Parasitica

[‚par·ə′sid·ə·kə] (invertebrate zoology) A group of hymenopteran insects that includes four superfamilies of the Apocrita: Ichneumonoidea, Chalcidoidea, Cynipoidea, and Proctotrupoidea; some are phytophagous, while others are parasites of other insects.