Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pelecinidae
Synonym: Pelecinopteridae Brues 1933
Parent taxon: Proctotrupoidea according to K. Uchida 2023
See also Carpenter 1992, Duan and Cheng 2006, Guo et al. 2016, Johnson 1992, Jouault 2021, Kozlov 1974, Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2020, Sharkey 2007, Shih et al. 2010 and Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004
Sister taxa: Amitchellia, Austroniidae, Fushunoxyela, Heloridae, Hemerocynipites, Mesoserphidae, Monomachidae, Paraulacus, Peleserphidae, Peradeniidae, Proctotrupidae, Roproniidae, Sinocynipites
Subtaxa: Abropelecinus Allopelecinus Ampluspelecinus Brachypelecinus Eopelecinus Henopelecinus Iscopininae Pelecininae Pelecinopteron Phasmatopelecinus Shoushida Stelepelecinus Zoropelecinus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3 collections), United States (1: Montana)
• Cretaceous of China (5), Mongolia (2), Myanmar (5), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Jurassic of China (1), Mongolia (1)
Total: 23 collections including 67 occurrences