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Chalcididae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Chalcididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Chalcididae Leach p. 144
1938Chalcididae Statz p. 91
1992Chalcididae Carpenter
2007Chalcididae Sharkey
2013Chalcididae Heraty et al.
2020Chalcididae Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle p. 229

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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
infraorderProctotrupomorpha
—Microprocta
superfamilyChalcidoidea
familyChalcididae
familyChalcididae

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.

Fm. Chalcididae Leach 1815
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Subfm. Chalcidinae Leach 1815
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Tr. Chalcidini Leach 1815
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G. Chalcis Fabricius 1787
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†Chalcis perdita Brues 1910
†Chalcis praevalens Cockerell 1907
†Chalcis praevolans Cockerell 1907
†Chalcis tortilis Brues 1910
G. Conura Spinola 1837
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Subg. Conura (Spilochalcis) Thomson 1876
G. Eterochalcis Burks 1939
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†Eterochalcis scudderi Brues 1910
G. †Chalcitiscus Ghesquière 1946
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†Chalcitiscus debilis Heer 1856
Invalid names: Chalcites Heer 1856 [replaced]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 11 to the top of the Chattian or 48.60000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 40.4 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Chalcididae indet. (120798)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Chalcis perdita (123119) Chalcis praevalens, Chalcis tortilis, Chalcis perdita, Spilochalcis scudderi (106384) Chalcis praevolans (124682)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Chalcididae indet. (149289)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Chalcites debilis (152493)