Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megalyridae
Alternative spelling: Cleistogastridae
Synonyms: Sinoryssidae Hong 1983, Sinoryssinae Hong 1983
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1975. Hymenoptera Apocrita of Mesozoic. Transactions of the Palaeontological Institute Academy of Sciences of the USSR 147:1-134
Parent taxon: Megalyridae according to D. Ren 1995
See also Blank et al. 2009, Hong 1983, Kovalev 1994, Rasnitsyn 1975 and Rasnitsyn 1986
Sister taxa: Dinapsini, Megalyrinae, Megazarinae
Subtaxa: Cleistogaster Leptocleistogaster Mesaulacinus Scolichneumon Sinoryssus Stemmogaster Yanocleistogaster
Type: Cleistogaster
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of China (1), Kazakhstan (8), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 15 collections including 28 occurrences