Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Synonym: Karataidae Rasnitsyn 1977
Full reference: A. Handlirsch. 1906. Die Fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der Rezenten Formen, parts I-IV. Ein Handbuch fur Palaontologen und Zoologen 1-640
Parent taxon: Stephanoidea according to M. Ding et al. 2016
See also Carpenter 1992, Ding et al. 2013, Handlirsch 1906, Li et al. 2013, Rasnitsyn 1975, Rasnitsyn and Ansorge 2000, Rasnitsyn et al. 2003, Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2010, Zessin 1985, Zhang et al. 2002 and Zhang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Aptenoperissidae, Eostephanitidae, Myanmarinidae, Ohlhoffiidae, Stephanidae
Subtaxa: Ephialtitinae Kotaphialtites Symphytopterinae
Type: Ephialtites
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), China (3), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (3)
• Jurassic of China (8), Germany (5), India (1), Kazakhstan (10), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1)
Total: 36 collections including 102 occurrences