Insecta - Hymenoptera - Blasticotomidae
Alternative spelling: Blasticotomina
Synonyms: Protenthredinidae Hong 1982, Xyelotomidae Rasnitsyn 1968
Full reference: C. G. Thomson. 1871. Hymenoptera Scandinaviae. Tom. 1 (Tenthredo et Sirex Linn.) 1-342
Parent taxon: Tenthredinoidea according to T. P. Gao et al. 2016
See also Carpenter 1992, Hong 1982, Nel et al. 2004, Rasnitsyn and Müller 2023, Sharkey 2007 and Taeger et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Argidae, Atefia, Athaliidae, Cimbicidae, Diprionidae, Electrotomidae, Manevalia, Pergidae, Pseudocimbex, Pteronus prodigus, Tenthredinidae
Subtaxa: Abrotoma Aethotoma Blasticotoma Dahurotoma Davidsmithia Leridatoma Liaotoma Paradoxotoma Paremphytus Protenthredo Pseudoxyela Pseudoxyelocerus Runaria Synaptotoma Undatoma Vitimilarva Xyelocerus Xyelotoma Zippelia
Type: Blasticotoma
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Romania (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (2), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of China (2), Kazakhstan (2), Luxembourg (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 18 collections including 24 occurrences