Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Full reference: H. Zhang, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and J. F. Zhang. 2002. Two ephialtitid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ephialtitoidea) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 23:401-407
Parent taxon: Ephialtitinae according to N. Jia et al. 2025
See also Li et al. 2015 and Zhang et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Acephialtitia, Altephialtites, Asiephialtites, Chorephialtites, Cratephialtites, Crephanogaster, Ephialtites, Leptephialtites, Liadobracona, Mesephialtites, Montsecephialtites, Parephialtites, Praeproapocritus, Proapocritus, Proephialtitia, Sessiliventer, Sinephialtites, Sinocephus, Stephanogaster, Thilopterus
Subtaxa: Tuphephialtites wangi Tuphephialtites zherikhini
Type: Tuphephialtites zherikhini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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