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Proteroscelio ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1402830	https://www.gbif.org/species/1402830
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	140917	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=140917

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Scelionidae : Proteroscelio

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
infraorder	Proctotrupomorpha
superfamily	Platygastroidea
family	Scelionidae	Thomson 1858
genus	Proteroscelio	Brues 2017

Scientific Name

Proteroscelio Brues, 2017

Name Published In

Talamas, Elijah J., Norman F. Johnson, Matthew L. Buffington & Dong Ren. 2017. Archaeoteleia Masner in the Cretaceous and a new species of Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 241-261.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proteroscelio	genus	belongs to Scelionidae	stated with evidence	Brues, 1937
Proteroscelio	genus	belongs to Scelionidae	stated without evidence	Carpenter, 1992
Proteroscelio	genus	belongs to Scelionidae	stated with evidence	Johnson et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. T. Brues. 1937. Superfamilies Ichneumonoidea, Serphoidea, and Chalcidoidea, in Insects and arachnids from Canadian amber. University of Toronto Studies in Geology 40:27-44

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Proteroscelio antennalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Proteroscelio gravatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Proteroscelio nexus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1937	Proteroscelio Brues p. 39
1992	Proteroscelio Carpenter
2008	Proteroscelio Johnson et al. p. 3

References

Brues C. T. (1937) Superfamilies Ichneumonoidea, Serphoidea, and Chalcidoidea, in Insects and arachnids from Canadian amber, University of Toronto Studies in Geology 40, 27-44

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

Johnson N. F., Musetti L., et al (2008) The Cretaceous scelionid Genus Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea), American Museum Novitates 3603, 1-7

GBIF/Catalogue of Life 2009 Higher Classification - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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

ITIS (May 2010) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Univ. Toronto Stud., Geol. Ser., no. 40 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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