See text The Bethylidae are a family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea.

Like most of the Chrysidoidea, the Bethylidae are stinging Hymenoptera and most are parasitoids.

Some of them, however, have developed their parasitoidal biology along predatory lines and they sting and malaxate their victims into paralysis.

According to Azevedo et al. (2018) eight subfamilies of the Bethylidae are recognized:[1][2] According to Azevedo et al. (2018)[2] there are 96 genera belong to the family Bethylidae.

Some are listed here: Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7] The oldest known records of the group are from the Barremian aged Lebanese amber.