Parasitica (the parasitican wasps) is an obsolete, paraphyletic infraorder of Apocrita containing the parasitoid wasps.Parasitic Hymenoptera (Parasitica). RL Zuparko, Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2004 It includes all Apocrita except for the Aculeata. Parasitica has more members as a group than both the Symphyta and the Aculeata combined.
Parasitica also contains groups of phytophagous hymenopterans such as the Cynipoidea (gall wasps).
References
External links Parasitica at bugguide