SELECT 
  category_id, 
  parent_id 
FROM 
  cscart_categories 
WHERE 
  parent_id IN(
    8984, 2784, 2814, 2778, 2794, 2820, 2826, 
    2808, 2805, 2810, 2831, 2830, 2834, 
    2838, 2839, 2844, 2845, 2865, 2854, 
    2860, 2864, 8942, 9670, 9665, 9658, 
    9666
  )

Query time 0.00079

JSON explain

{
  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost_info": {
      "query_cost": "17.04"
    },
    "table": {
      "table_name": "cscart_categories",
      "access_type": "range",
      "possible_keys": [
        "parent"
      ],
      "key": "parent",
      "used_key_parts": [
        "parent_id"
      ],
      "key_length": "3",
      "rows_examined_per_scan": 40,
      "rows_produced_per_join": 40,
      "filtered": "100.00",
      "using_index": true,
      "cost_info": {
        "read_cost": "9.04",
        "eval_cost": "8.00",
        "prefix_cost": "17.04",
        "data_read_per_join": "237K"
      },
      "used_columns": [
        "category_id",
        "parent_id"
      ],
      "attached_condition": "(`webmarco`.`cscart_categories`.`parent_id` in (8984,2784,2814,2778,2794,2820,2826,2808,2805,2810,2831,2830,2834,2838,2839,2844,2845,2865,2854,2860,2864,8942,9670,9665,9658,9666))"
    }
  }
}

Result

category_id parent_id
2784 2778
2794 2778
2808 2778
2831 2778
2834 2778
2838 2778
2844 2778
2860 2778
2864 2778
2865 2778
8942 2778
2814 2810
2820 2810
2826 2810
9665 9658
9666 9658
9670 9658