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Ophioninae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Taxonomy
Ophioninae was named by Shuckard (1840). It is extant. Its type is Ophion.

It was assigned to Ichneumonidae by Statz (1936) and Theobald (1937); and to Ophioniformes by Klopfstein et al. (2019) and Klopfstein and Spasojevic (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ophioninae Shuckard
1869Ophionoidae Förster p. 149
1936Ophioninae Statz p. 272
1937Ophioninae Theobald p. 126
2019Ophioninae Klopfstein et al.
2019Ophioninae Klopfstein and Spasojevic

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyIchneumonidae()
OphioniformesGauld 1985
subfamilyOphioninaeShuckard 1840
subfamilyOphioninaeShuckard 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Ophioninae Shuckard 1840
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G. Demophorus Thomson 1890
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Demophorus antiquus Brues 1910
Demophorus fumipennis Theobald 1937
G. Hellwigia Gravenhorst 1823
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Hellwigia obsoleta Brues 1910
Invalid names: Protohellwigia Brues 1910 [synonym]
G. Ophion Fabricius 1798
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Ophion annulatus Theobald 1937
Ophion longaevus Heer 1849
Invalid names: Anomalides Viereck 1918 [empty], Ophionoidae Förster 1869 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.20000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Demophorus antiquus (106384) Protohellwigia obsoleta (106382 124527)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Demophorus fumipennis, Ophion annulatus (122501)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia Ichneumon longaevus (117250) Ophion longaevus (113698)