Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Alternative spelling: Exothecoidae
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 S. A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldívar-Riverón 2021
See also Belokobylskij 2014 and Ortega-Blanco and Engel 2012
Sister taxa: Agathidinae, Aivalykus, Alysia, Alysiinae, Aphidiinae, Apozyginae, Austrohelcon, Betylobraconinae, Brachistinae, Braconinae, Cardiochilinae, Charmontinae, Cheloninae, Coeloreuteus, Digastrotheca, Diospilitinae, Doryctinae, Electrohelcon, Eobracon, Eobraconus, Euphorinae, Fushunobracon, Helconinae, Homolobinae, Hormiopterus, Ichneutinae, Iphiaulax, Masoninae, Megalyrhyssalinae, Microgasterinae, Microgastrinae, Microtypinae, Miracinae, Opiinae, Opius, Orgilinae, Phanomeris, Protobraconinae, Protorhyssalinae, Pyramidibracon, Rhaconotus, Rhyssalinae, Rogadinae, Semirhytus, Seneciobraconinae, Sigalphinae, Sigalphus, Sinobracon, Snellenius, Stephanorhyssalus, Vertibracon, Xenarcha, Xuaulacites, Cretobraconus, Baissobracon, Eoichneumon, Archobraconus, Purichneumon
Subtaxa: Chremylus Colastes Hormiini Palaeocolastes Palaeorhyssalus Rhysipolini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (2 collections), Germany (1)
• Eocene of India (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences