Family Orussidae Newman 1834 (parasitic wood wasp)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Orussidae
Full reference: E. Newman. 1834. Attempted division of British insect into natural orders. The Entomological Magazine 2:379-431
Parent taxon: Orussoidea according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Rasnitsyn 1977 and Sharkey 2007
Sister taxa: Burmorussidae, Paroryssidae, Karatavitidae
Subtaxa: Baltorussus Mesorussinae Minyorussus Ophrynopinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence