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Megaspilidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megaspilidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Megaspilidae Ashmead p. 103
1992Megaspilidae Carpenter
2007Megaspilidae Sharkey
2018Megaspilidae Archibald et al. p. 212
2025Megaspilidae Engel p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
RankNameAuthor
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyCeraphronoidea
familyMegaspilidae
familyMegaspilidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Megaspilidae Ashmead 1893
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G. Lagynodes Forster 1841
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†Lagynodes primordialis Brues 1940
†Lagynodes pseudocarinatus Szabó and Oehlke 1986
Subfm. Lagynodinae Masner and Dessart 1967
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G. †Prolagynodes Alekseev and Rasnitsyn 1981
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†Prolagynodes penniger Alekseev and Rasnitsyn 1981
Subfm. Megaspilinae Ashmead 1893
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G. Conostigmus Dahlbom 1858
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†Conostigmus antiquus Alekseev 1995
†Conostigmus cavannus McKellar and Engel 2011
†Conostigmus chthonios Peñalver and Engel 2006
†Conostigmus dolicharthrus Alekseev and Rasnitsyn 1981
†Conostigmus juvenilis Brues 1940
†Conostigmus lazaros Peñalver and Engel 2006
†Conostigmus resinae Brues 1940
†Conostigmus succinalis Brues 1940
†Conostigmus talamasi Mikó and Trietsch 2018
G. Dendrocerus Ratzeburg 1852
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†Dendrocerus ypresicus Engel 2025
Invalid names: Lygocerus forster 1856 [synonym]
Invalid names: Calliceratidae [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Orleanian or 106.30000 to 15.98000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Taymyr) Conostigmus dolicharthrus (104988)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Conostigmus novacaesarea (110895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation Prolagynodes penniger (35056)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Conostigmus cavannus (122389)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Dendrocerus ypresicus (124463)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Megaspilidae indet. (123795)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Conostigmus talamasi (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Conostigmus antiquus (152000) Lagynodes primordialis, Lagynodes electriphilus, Conostigmus succinalis (124205) Lagynodes pseudocarinatus (155460)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Spain Conostigmus chthonios (122985) Conostigmus lazaros (103100)