Spathiopterygidae

Spathiopterygidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Santonian
Specimen of Spathiopteryx soosi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Diaprioidea
Family: †Spathiopterygidae
Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanca, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013
Genera

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Spathiopterygidae is an extinct family of small parasitic wasps, known from the Cretaceous (Barremian to Santonian) of Laurasia and Northern Gondwana.[1][2] They are suggested to be members of Diaprioidea, in part due to their similarly reduced wing venation. Some members of the group reduced or lost the hindwings entirely.[3]

Genera

  • †Myamaropsis Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013
  • †Spathiopteryx Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013
    • S. alavarommopsis Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Grimaldi in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013 Albian, Alava amber, Escucha Formation (Spanish amber)
    • S. soosi Szabó, Brazidec & Perrichot, 2022[2] Santonian, Ajka Coal Formation, Hungary
  • †Spathopria Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Grimaldi in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013
    • S. sayrevillensis Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Grimaldi in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013 Turonian, New Jersey amber
  • †Diaspathion Engel and Huang, 2015 [5]
  • †Diameneura Santer and Álvarez-Parra, 2022[3]

References

  1. ^ Engel; Ortega-Blanco; Soriano; Grimaldi; Martinez-Delclos (2013). "A new lineage of enigmatic diaprioid wasps in Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3771): 1–23. doi:10.1206/3771.2. hdl:2246/6423. S2CID 54853553.
  2. ^ a b Szabó, Márton; Brazidec, Manuel; Perrichot, Vincent; Szenti, Imre; Kukovecz, Ákos; Ősi, Attila (November 2022). "A unique record of the Late Cretaceous of East-Central Europe: The first fossil wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Spathiopterygidae) from the ajkaite amber (Bakony Mts., western Hungary)". Cretaceous Research. 139: 105314. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105314. hdl:10831/89765.
  3. ^ a b Santer, Maxime; Álvarez-Parra, Sergio; Nel, André; Peñalver, Enrique; Delclòs, Xavier (2022-05-01). "New insights into the enigmatic Cretaceous family Spathiopterygidae (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea)". Cretaceous Research. 133: 105128. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105128. hdl:2445/182542. ISSN 0195-6671.
  4. ^ Krogmann, Lars; Azar, Dany; Rajaei, Hossein; Nel, André (April 2016). "Mymaropsis baabdaensis sp. n. from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber – the earliest spathiopterygid wasp and the first female known for the family". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 15 (5): 483–487. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.11.002. ISSN 1631-0683.
  5. ^ Engel, Michael S.; Huang, Diying; Azar, Dany; Nel, André; Davis, Steven R.; Alvarado, Mabel; Breitkreuz, Laura C.V. (February 2015). "The wasp family Spathiopterygidae in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (2): 95–100. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.11.002. ISSN 1631-0683.


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