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Stephanidae
| Description | The Stephanidae, sometimes called crown wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps placed in the superfamily Stephanoidea, which has at least 345 living species in 11 genera. The family is considered cosmopolitan in distribution, with the highest species concentrations in subtropical and moderate climate zones. Stephanidae also contain four extinct genera described from both compression fossils and inclusions in amber. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Stephanidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | crown wasp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Stephanidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Crown Wasp, Kroonwespen, Stephanids | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Schlettereriinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Stephaninae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Aguiarina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archaeostephanus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Denaeostephanus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Diastephanus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Electrostephanus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Foenatopus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kronostephanus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Megischus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neostephanus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parastephanellus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Profoenatopus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Protostephanus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Pseudomegischus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Schlettererius genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stephanus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1815 | Stephanidae Leach p. 142 |
| 1906 | Stephanidae Cockerell p. 57 |
| 1992 | Stephanidae Carpenter |
| 2007 | Stephanidae Sharkey |
| 2009 | Stephanidae Rasnitsyn and Brothers p. 192 |
| 2010 | Stephanidae Rasnitsyn and Zhang p. 845 |
| 2017 | Stephanidae Li et al. p. 196 |
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!
