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Chrysidoidea
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Chrysidoidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 352 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 69 (20%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 130 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bethylidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Flat Wasp | 91 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Chrysididae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Cuckoo Wasp | 38 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Dryinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 117 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Embolemidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Falsiformicidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Plumalexiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Plumariidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Radiophronidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Sclerogibbidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Sclerogibbid Wasp | 5 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Scolebythidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1802 | Chrysidoidea Latreille p. 316 |
1975 | Bethyloidea Rasnitsyn p. 104 |
1999 | Chrysidoidea Brothers p. 233 |
2003 | Chrysidoidea Wappler p. 118 |
2011 | Chrysidoidea Heraty et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!