SELECT 
  category_id, 
  parent_id 
FROM 
  cscart_categories 
WHERE 
  parent_id IN(176, 185, 186, 202, 187, 188, 189)

Query time 0.00026

Explain
id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra
1 SIMPLE cscart_categories range parent parent 3 7 Using index condition