Insecta - Hymenoptera - Figitidae

Alternative spelling: Palaeocynipidae

Full reference: O. V. Kovalev. 1994. Paleontological history, phylogeny, and systematics of Brachycleistogastromorpha, infraorder n., and Cynipomorpha infraorder n. (Hymenoptera) with descriptions of new fossil and recent families, subfamilies, and genera. Entomological Review 73(2):385-426

Parent taxon: Figitidae according to Z. W. Liu and M. S. Engel 2007

See also Kovalev 1994 and Ronquist 1999

Sister taxa: Aspicerinae, Charipinae, Eucoilinae, Figitinae, Micropresbyteria, Rasnicynipinae

Subtaxa: Palaeocynipiana Palaeocynips

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Type: Palaeocynips

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Taimyr amber, Yantardakh Hill (PIN collection 3311) (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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