†family Bryopompilidae Engel and Grimaldi 2006 (winged insect)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bryopompilidae

Alternative spelling: Bryopompilini

Synonym: Bryopompilidae Rodriguez et al. 2016 [objective synonym]

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2006. The first Cretaceous spider wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 79(4):359-368

Parent taxon: Hymenoptera according to M. E. Clapham 2023

See also Engel and Grimaldi 2006 and Rodriguez et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Aculeati, Anaxyeloidea, Cleptes steenstrupi, Nygmatius, Pamphilioidea, Pseudisobrachium oligocenicum, Shandongodes necrodes, Siricomorpha, Symphyta, Tenthredinoidea, Terebrantes, Unicalcarida, Xyeloidea

Subtaxa: Bryopompilus

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Type: Bryopompilus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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