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Megaspilidae
| Description | The Megaspilidae are a small hymenopteran family with 13 genera in two subfamilies, and some 450 known species, with a great many species still undescribed. It is a poorly known group as a whole, though most are believed to be parasitoids (especially of sternorrhynchan Hemiptera), and a few hyperparasitoids. Many are found in the soil, and of these, a number are wingless. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaspilidae, 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 : Megaspilidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Megaspilidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (30%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | W. H. Ashmead. 1893. Monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 43:1-463 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Megaspilid Wasps, Megaspilids, Megaspilides, Trefåresteklar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaspilidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lagynodinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Megaspilinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Aetholagynodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Archisynarsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conostigmus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Creator genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dendrocerus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Holophleps genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lagynodes genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lygocerus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Megaspilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platyceraphron genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Prolagynodes ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Trassedia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trichosteresis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Typhlolagynodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Calliceratidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Calliceratidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1893 | Megaspilidae Ashmead p. 103 |
| 1992 | Megaspilidae Carpenter |
| 2007 | Megaspilidae Sharkey |
| 2018 | Megaspilidae Archibald et al. p. 212 |
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!
