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

Subtaxa: Proephialtitia acantha Proephialtitia tenuata

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Type: Proephialtitia acantha

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Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2014 collection) (Jurassic of China)

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