Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Alternative spellings: Opiites, Opioidae
Full reference: E. Blanchard. 1845. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, leurs Moeurs, leurs Métamorphoses et leur classification, ou Traité Élémentaire d'Entomologie. Tome Premier 1-398
Parent taxon: Braconidae according to X. Shirley et al. 2014
See also Belokobylskij 2014, Brues 1910 and Förster 1862
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, Microgastrinae, Microtypinae, Miracinae, Opius, Orgilinae, Phanomeris, Protobraconinae, Protorhyssalinae, Pyramidibracon, Rhaconotus, Rhyssalinae, Rogadinae, Semirhytus, Seneciobraconinae, Sigalphinae, Sigalphus, Sinobracon, Snellenius, Stephanorhyssalus, Vertibracon, Xenarcha, Xuaulacites, Eoichneumon, Baissobracon, Cretobraconus, Archobraconus, Purichneumon
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence