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Rhopalosomatidae

Description

Rhopalosomatidae is a family of Hymenoptera containing about 68 extant species in four genera that are found worldwide. Three fossil genera are known.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7914https://www.gbif.org/species/7914
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)179817https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=179817
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Rhopalosomatidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
-Aculeata
superfamilyVespoideaLatreille 1802
familyRhopalosomatidae
Scientific NameRhopalosomatidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhopalosomatidaefamilybelongs to Vespoideastated with evidenceBrothers, 1999
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (40%)
First Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. J. Brothers. 1999. Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea). Zoologica Scripta 28(1-2):233-249
Common Name(s) Rhopalosomatid Wasps
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhopalosomatidae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eorhopalosoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
199.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Liosphex
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Mesorhopalosoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Olixon
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Paleorhopalosoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
159.2 Ma
Paleocene
59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Paniscomima
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Propalosoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Rhopalosoma
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
223.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1999Rhopalosomatidae Brothers p. 243
2007Rhopalosomatidae Sharkey

References

Brothers D. J. (1999) Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea), Zoologica Scripta 28 1-2, 233-249 doi:10.1046/j.1463-6409.1999.00003.
Sharkey M. J. (2007) Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Zootaxa 1668, 521-548
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - 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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