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Encyrtidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Encyrtidae

Taxonomy
Encyrtidae was named by Forster (1856). It is extant. Its type is Encyrtus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Encyrtinae by Statz (1938).

It was assigned to Chalcididae by Statz (1938); to Apocrita by Carpenter (1992); and to Chalcidoidea by Sharkey (2007), Heraty et al. (2013) and Simutnik (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Encyrtidae Forster p. 18
1938Encyrtinae Statz p. 102
1992Encyrtidae Carpenter
2007Encyrtidae Sharkey
2013Encyrtidae Heraty et al.
2020Encyrtidae Simutnik p. 2933

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
infraorderProctotrupomorpha
Microprocta
superfamilyChalcidoidea
familyEncyrtidaeForster 1856
familyEncyrtidaeForster 1856

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. Encyrtidae Forster 1856
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G. †Archaeocercoides Simutnik 2022
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Archaeocercoides puchkovi Simutnik 2022
G. †Archaeocercus Simutnik 2018
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Archaeocercus schuvachinae Simutnik 2018
G. †Archencyrtus Simutnik 2014
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Archencyrtus rasnitsyni Simutnik 2014
Subfm. Encyrtinae Forster 1856
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G. Copidosoma Ratzeburg 1844
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Copidosoma archeodominica Zuparko and Trjapitzin 2013
G. †Dencyrtus Simutnik 2018
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Dencyrtus vilhelmseni Simutnik 2018
G. †Efesus Simutnik 2020
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Efesus trufanovi Simutnik 2020
G. †Ektopicercus Simutnik 2020
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Ektopicercus punctatus Simutnik 2020
G. †Electrocerus Simutnik 2023
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G. Encyrtus Latreille 1809
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Encyrtus clavicornis Statz 1938
G. †Protaphycus Simutnik 2022
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Protaphycus shuvalikovi Simutnik 2022
G. †Protocopidosoma Simutnik 2017
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Protocopidosoma kononovae Simutnik 2017
G. †Rovnosoma Simutnik 2015
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Rovnosoma gracile Simutnik 2015
G. †Encyrtoides Simutnik 2020
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Encyrtoides pronotatus Simutnik 2020
G. †Eocencnemus Simutnik 2002
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Eocencnemus gedanicus Simutnik 2014
Eocencnemus sugonjaevi Simutnik 2002
Eocencnemus vichrenkoi Simutnik 2006
G. †Eocencyrtus Simutnik 2001
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Eocencyrtus zerovae Simutnik 2001
G. †Glaesus Simutnik 2014
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Glaesus gibsoni Simutnik 2014
G. †Kotenkia Simutnik 2015
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Kotenkia platycera Simutnik 2015
G. †Rovnopositor Simutnik 2022
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Rovnopositor voblenkoi Simutnik 2022
G. †Sakhalinencyrtus Simutnik 2021
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Sakhalinencyrtus leleji Simutnik 2021
G. †Sugonjaevia Simutnik 2015
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Sugonjaevia sakhalinica Simutnik 2015
G. †Sulia Simutnik 2015
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Sulia glaesaria Simutnik 2015
Subfm. Tetracneminae Howard 1892
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Tr. Aenasiini Kerrich 1967
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G. Hambletonia Compere 1936
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Hambletonia dominicana Poinar 2020
G. †Balticalcarus Simutnik 2022
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Balticalcarus archibaldi Simutnik 2022
G. †Electroanellus Simutnik 2023
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G. †Electronoyesella Simutnik 2022
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Electronoyesella antiqua Simutnik 2022
G. †Trjapitzion Simutnik 2018
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Trjapitzion cylindrocerus Simutnik 2018
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 Lutetian to the top of the Langhian or 47.80000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation Archencyrtus rasnitsyni, Sugonjaevia sakhalinica, Kotenkia platycera, Sakhalinencyrtus leleji, Encyrtoides pronotatus (107340)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Balticalcarus archibaldi (122591) Electrocerus brevifuniculatus (123964)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Eocencyrtus zerovae, Glaesus gibsoni, Eocencnemus gedanicus (110737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Sulia glaesaria, Protocopidosoma kononovae, Dencyrtus vilhelmseni, Efesus trufanovi, Archaeocercoides puchkovi, Electroanellus belokobylskiji (123762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Eocencnemus sugonjaevi, Eocencyrtus zerovae, Archaeocercoides puchkovi (113621) Eocencnemus vichrenkoi, Eocencyrtus zerovae, Rovnosoma gracile, Trjapitzion cylindrocerus, Archaeocercus schuvachinae, Rovnopositor voblenkoi, Electronoyesella antiqua, Ektopicercus punctatus (122997) Protaphycus shuvalikovi (154710) Sulia glaesaria (216854)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Encyrtus clavicornis (122010)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Copidosoma archeodominica (122472) Hambletonia dominicana (134455)