Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Alternative spelling: Microgasteroidae
Full reference: A. Förster. 1862. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westphalens 19:225-288
Parent taxon: Braconidae according to J. B. Whitfield et al. 2018
See also Belokobylskij 2014, Brues 1910, Förster 1862, Statz 1938 and Tobias 1987
Sister taxa: Agathidinae, Aivalykus, Alysia, Alysiinae, Aphidiinae, Apozyginae, Austrohelcon, Betylobraconinae, Brachistinae, Braconinae, Cardiochilinae, Charmontinae, Cheloninae, Coeloreuteus, Digastrotheca, Diospilitinae, Doryctinae, Electrohelcon, Eobracon, Eobraconus, Euphorinae, Exothecinae, Fushunobracon, Helconinae, Homolobinae, Hormiopterus, Ichneutinae, Iphiaulax, Masoninae, Megalyrhyssalinae, Microgasterinae, Microtypinae, Miracinae, Opiinae, Opius, Orgilinae, Phanomeris, Protobraconinae, Protorhyssalinae, Pyramidibracon, Rhaconotus, Rhyssalinae, Rogadinae, Semirhytus, Seneciobraconinae, Sigalphinae, Sigalphus, Sinobracon, Snellenius, Stephanorhyssalus, Vertibracon, Xenarcha, Xuaulacites, Eoichneumon, Archobraconus, Baissobracon, Cretobraconus, Purichneumon
Subtaxa: Apanteles Dacnusites Microgaster Microplitis Palaeomicrogaster Semionini Semionis
Type: Microgaster
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Germany (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: Colorado)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences