Insecta - Hymenoptera - Roproniidae
Full reference: J. C. Bradley. 1905. Ropronia, an anomalous hymenopteron. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 16:14-18
Parent taxon: Ropronioidea according to M. S. Engel 2025
See also Archibald et al. 2018, Garrouste et al. 2016, Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020, Ren 1995, Sharkey 2007 and Zhang and Zhang 2001
Sister taxon: Trupochalcididae
Subtaxa: Beipiaosiricinae Jeholoropronia Mesohelorus Paleoropronia Phoriostephanini Protohelorus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Jurassic of China (2), Kazakhstan (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence