Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae

Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1999. Cratephialtites gen. n. (Vespida = Hymenoptera: Ephialtitidae), the new genus for Karataus koiurus Sharkey, 1990, from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Russian Entomological Journal 8:135-136

Parent taxon: Ephialtitinae according to L. F. Li et al. 2015

See also Rasnitsyn 1999

Sister taxa: Acephialtitia, Altephialtites, Asiephialtites, Crephanogaster, Ephialtites, Leptephialtites, Liadobracona, Mesephialtites, Montsecephialtites, Parephialtites, Praeproapocritus, Proapocritus, Proephialtitia, Sessiliventer, Sinephialtites, Sinocephus, Stephanogaster, Thilopterus, Tuphephialtites

Subtaxa: Cratephialtites kourios

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Crato (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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