Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467
Parent taxon: Apocrita according to M. J. Sharkey et al. 2012
See also Heraty et al. 2011, Rasnitsyn 1975 and Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2010
Sister taxa: Aculeata, Apiaria lapidea, Apocritites, Armaniidae, Asiacynipites, Brachycleistogastromorpha, Ceraphronoidea, Dendrocerus dubitatus, Eucynipites, Evaniomorpha, Ichneumonoidea, Khutelchalcididae, Kuafuidae, Limnetidae, Longhuaia, Megalyroidea, Panguoidea, Proctotrupomorpha, Stephanoidea, Stephanomorpha, Trigonalyoidea
Subtaxa: Andreneliidae Anomopterellidae Asiapterites Baissidae Euryopterites Evaniidae Neoevanioides Oblongigastrula Othniodellithidae Praeaulacidae Vectevaniidae
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