Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Full reference: L. F. Li, C. K. Shih, A. P. Rasnitsyn and D. Ren. 2015. New fossil ephialtitids elucidating the origin and transformation of the propodeal-metasomal articulation in Apocrita (Hymenoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15(45):1-17
Parent taxon: Ephialtitinae according to L. F. Li et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Altephialtites, Asiephialtites, Cratephialtites, Crephanogaster, Ephialtites, Leptephialtites, Liadobracona, Mesephialtites, Montsecephialtites, Parephialtites, Praeproapocritus, Proapocritus, Proephialtitia, Sessiliventer, Sinephialtites, Sinocephus, Stephanogaster, Thilopterus, Tuphephialtites
Subtaxa: Acephialtitia colossa
Type: Acephialtitia colossa
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (CNU collection) (Cretaceous of China)
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