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Conostigmus

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Description

Conostigmus is a genus of parasiotoid wasps belonging to the superfamily Ceraphronoidea. It is the second-largest genus within the family Megaspilidae (Johnson & Musetti 2004). The genus has a worldwide distribution with over 170 extant species.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conostigmus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1308994	https://www.gbif.org/species/1308994
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	140038	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=140038

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Megaspilidae : Conostigmus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
order	Hymenoptera	Linnaeus 1758
-	Unicalcarida	Schulmeister et al. 2002
suborder	Vespina
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
superfamily	Ceraphronoidea	Haliday 1833
family	Megaspilidae	Ashmead 1893
subfamily	Megaspilinae	Ashmead 1893
genus	Conostigmus	Dahlbom 1858

Scientific Name

Conostigmus Dahlbom, 1858

Name Published In

Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Conostigmus	genus	belongs to Lagynodinae	stated with evidence	Alekseev and Rasnitsyn, 1981
Conostigmus	genus	belongs to Megaspilidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Conostigmus	genus	belongs to Megaspilinae	stated with evidence	Alekseev, 1995

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (10%)

First Recorded Appearance

105 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conostigmus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Conostigmus abdominalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus aestivalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus albovarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus alpinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus alutaceus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus ambiguus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus ampullaceus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus antiquus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Conostigmus apricans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus apterus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus apteryx species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus arietinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus atelopterus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus ater species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus babaiax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus bacilliger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus bakeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus ballescoracas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus basalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus binasutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus bipartitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus bipunctatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus brachypterus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus britannicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus brunneipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus calidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus californicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus canadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus canariensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus carpentieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus cavannus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Conostigmus chthonios ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.0 Ma Miocene	20.0 Ma Miocene
Conostigmus claripennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus clavicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus concoloripes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus confluens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus conspicuus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus corniger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus crassicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus crawfordi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus cursitans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus curtipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus cylindricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus depressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus difformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus dimidiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus dimorphus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus doderoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus dolicharthrus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Conostigmus dolosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus erythrothorax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus fanalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus fasciatipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus filicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus flagellaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus flavibasalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus flavipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus formiceti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus frontalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus fuscipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus geniculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus gestroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus glabratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus grangeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus gusztavi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus halteratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus harringtoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus humilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus humilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus hyalinipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus inconstans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus inermis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus innotatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus inquilinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus integriceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus intermedius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus irsac species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus juvenilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Conostigmus laeviceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus lativentris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus lazaros ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.0 Ma Miocene	20.0 Ma Miocene
Conostigmus levifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus leviventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus linearis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus longulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus lucidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus manteroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus marylandicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus melanocephalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus melanopus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus mistus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus montanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus monticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus montivagus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus muesebecki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus mullensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus multicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus nandobini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus nevadensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus niger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus nigricornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus nigripes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus nigriventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus nigrorufus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus norvegicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus notialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus nuchalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus obscurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus occipitalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus opacus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus orcasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus ottawensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus pedester species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus pergandei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus picipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus planifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus polychromus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus popenoei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus pubescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus pulchellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus puncticeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus punctipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus pusillus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus quadratogenalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus quaoratogenalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus quasimodo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus radiatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus resinae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Conostigmus rufescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus ruficollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus rufinotum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus rufipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus rufoniger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus rugiceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus rugosiceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus rutilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus scabriceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus scabriventris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus schwarzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus scutopunctatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus seychellensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus signatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus singularius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus solarianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus solarii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus speculiger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus spetsbergensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus squamiger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus subapterus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus subclavicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus subfilicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus subinermis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus subspinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus succinalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Conostigmus sulcaticeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus talamasi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Conostigmus temporalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus terrestris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus tetanopterus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus timberlakei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus trapezoidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus triangularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus tristriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus tubifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus unicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus unilineatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus uninasutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus varicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus variipictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus variipilosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus ventralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus venustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus versicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus vestitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus villosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus wasmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus yunquensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Conostigmus zaglouli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Conostigmus Dahlbom p. 291
1981	Conostigmus Alekseev and Rasnitsyn
1992	Conostigmus Carpenter
1995	Conostigmus Alekseev p. 24
2011	Conostigmus McKellar and Engel

References

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655

Alekseev V. N., Rasnitsyn A. P. (1981) Late Cretaceous Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera) from amber of the Taymyr, Paleontological Journal 15 4, 124-128

Alekseev V. N. (1995) Conostigmus antiquus sp. n., a fossil ceraphronoid species from Baltic amber (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea), Amber & Fossils 1, 23-25

McKellar R. C., Engel M. S. (2011) New Stigmaphronidae and Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from Canadian Cretaceous amber, Cretaceous Research 32, 794-805

Hymenoptera Online Database (2009) Hymenoptera Online Database. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Johnson, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockholm, 14 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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