Family Megaspilidae Ashmead 1893 (wasp)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megaspilidae
Synonym: Calliceratidae
Full reference: W. H. Ashmead. 1893. Monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 45:1-463
Parent taxon: Ceraphronoidea according to S. B. Archibald et al. 2018
See also Carpenter 1992 and Sharkey 2007
Sister taxa: Ceraphronidae, Maimetshidae
Subtaxa: Dendrocerus Lagynodes Lagynodinae Megaspilinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (2 collections)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (4)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences