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Diapriids are relatively unknown wasps of the superfamily Proctotrupoidea. Their exact relation to other families in this group is unclear. The family contains four subfamilies: Ismarinae, Ambositrinae, Belytinae and the Diapriinae. Biologies are diverse but most are pupal parasites of Diptera. For a majority of species hosts are unknown. In addition to the early works of the German monk Keiffer, the following references are of particular use to those begining to study diapriid systematics:

Johnson, N. 1992. Catalog of World Proctotrupoidea Excluding Platygasteridae. Mem. Amer. Ent. Inst. 51. 825 pp.

Loiacono, M.S. and C.B. Margaria. 2000. Systematic and cladistic analysis of the myrmecophilic genus Gymnopria Loiacono (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 31: 187-200.

Masner, L. 1961. Ambositrinae, a new subfamily of Diapriidae from Madagascar and central Africa (Hymenoptera Proctotrupoidea). Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar (E)12: 289-295.

Masner, L. 1976. A revision of the Ismarinae of the New World (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Diapriidae). Can. Entomol. 108: 1243-1266.

Masner, L. and García, J.L., 2002. The genera of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidea) in the new world. American Museum of Natural History.

Naumann, I. D. 1982. Systematics of the Australian Ambositrinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), with a synopsis of the non-Australian genera of the subfamily. Austral. J. Zool. Suppl. No. 85. 239 pp.

Naumann, I. D. and L. Masner. 1985. Parasitic wasps of the proctotrupoid complex: a new family from Australia and a key to world families (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea sensu lato). Aust. J. Zool. 33: 761-783.

Nixon, G. E. J. 1957. Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Diapriidae, subfamily Belytinae. Handbooks for the Identificaiton of British Insect 8(3dii): 1-107.

Nixon, G. E. J. 1980. Diapriidae (Diapriinae). Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. Handbooks for the Identificaiton of British Insect 8(3di): 1-55.