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Macroxyelinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Macroxyelinae Ashmead p. 205
1966Macroxyelinae Rasnitsyn p. 75
1969Macroxyelinae Rasnitsyn
2000Macroxyelinae Zhang and Zhang p. 477
2008Macroxyelinae Gao and Ren p. 57
2009Macroxyelinae Gao et al. p. 53
2010Macroxyelinae Taeger et al. p. 670
2012Macroxyelinae Wang et al. p. 84
2020Macroxyelinae Zheng et al. p. 116
2021Macroxyelinae Jouault et al. p. 381
2021Macroxyelinae Zheng et al. p. 153
2022Macroxyelinae Dai et al. p. 5
2022Macroxyelinae Dai et al. p. 2000

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
superfamilyXyeloidea
familyXyelidae
subfamilyMacroxyelinae
subfamilyMacroxyelinae

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.

Subfm. Macroxyelinae Ashmead 1898
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Tr. †Angaridyelini Rasnitsyn 1966
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G. †Angaridyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Angaridyela endemica Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela exculpta Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela minor Rasnitsyn 1966
†Angaridyela pallipes Rasnitsyn 1966
†Angaridyela robusta Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela suspecta Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Angaridyela vitimica Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Baissoxyela Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Baissoxyela tarsalis Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Ceratoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Ceratoxyela decorosa Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Evacuxyela Dai et al. 2022
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†Evacuxyela conflata Dai et al. 2022
†Evacuxyela hsiaoae Dai et al. 2022
G. †Leptoxyela Dai et al. 2022
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†Leptoxyela eximia Dai et al. 2022
G. †Lethoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Lethoxyela excurva Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Lethoxyela vulgata Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Liaoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Liaoxyela antiqua Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Nigrimonticola Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Nigrimonticola longicornis Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Ophthalmoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Ophthalmoxyela brachyura Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Bolboxyela Rasnitsyn 1990
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†Bolboxyela bolboica Rasnitsyn 1990
Tr. †Ceroxyelini Rasnitsyn 1966
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G. †Ceroxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Ceroxyela dolichocera Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Isoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Isoxyela rudis Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Sinoxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Sinoxyela viriosa Zhang and Zhang 2000
Tr. †Gigantoxyelini Rasnitsyn 1969
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G. †Abrotoxyela Gao et al. 2009
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†Abrotoxyela curva Zheng et al. 2020
†Abrotoxyela lepida Gao et al. 2009
†Abrotoxyela multiciliata Gao et al. 2009
G. †Chaetoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Chaetoxyela hirsuta Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Gigantoxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Gigantoxyela quadrifurcata Rasnitsyn 1966
G. †Heteroxyela Zhang and Zhang 2000
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†Heteroxyela ignota Zhang and Zhang 2000
G. †Magnaxyela Zheng et al. 2020
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†Magnaxyela rara Zheng et al. 2020
G. †Shartexyela Rasnitsyn 2008
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†Shartexyela mongolica Rasnitsyn 2008
Tr. Macroxyelini Ashmead 1898
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G. †Anthoxyela Rasnitsyn 1977
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†Anthoxyela anthophaga Rasnitsyn 1982
†Anthoxyela baissensis Rasnitsyn 1977
†Anthoxyela orientalis Gao and Ren 2008
†Anthoxyela turgensis Rasnitsyn 1990
G. †Brachyoxyela Gao et al. 2011
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†Brachyoxyela brevinodia Gao et al. 2011
†Brachyoxyela conjunctiva Dai et al. 2022
†Brachyoxyela elliptica Dai et al. 2022
†Brachyoxyela gracilenta Gao et al. 2011
†Brachyoxyela leei Dai et al. 2022
G. †Chionoxyela Rasnitsyn 1993
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†Chionoxyela nivea Rasnitsyn 1993
G. Megaxyela Ashmead 1898
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†Megaxyela petrefacta Brues 1908
†Megaxyela yaoshanica Zhang 1989
G. †Paleoxyela Jouault et al. 2021
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†Paleoxyela nearctica Jouault et al. 2021
Tr. Xyeleciini Benson 1945
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G. †Microxyelecia Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Microxyelecia brachycera Rasnitsyn 1969
G. †Proxyelia Jouault et al. 2021
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†Proxyelia pankowskii Jouault et al. 2021
G. †Scleroxyela Zheng et al. 2021
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†Scleroxyela cephalota Dai et al. 2022
†Scleroxyela daohugouensis Zheng et al. 2021
G. †Uroxyela Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Uroxyela sicicauda Rasnitsyn 1966
G. Xyelecia Ross 1932
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G. †Xyelites Rasnitsyn 1966
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†Xyelites lingyuanensis Zhang and Zhang 2000
†Xyelites trigeminus Rasnitsyn 1966
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 Callovian to the top of the Burdigalian or 166.10000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Nei Mongol) Abrotoxyela curva, Magnaxyela rara, Scleroxyela daohugouensis (113371) Abrotoxyela lepida, Abrotoxyela multiciliata (113362) Scleroxyela cephalota, Evacuxyela conflata, Evacuxyela hsiaoae (223272)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Microxyelecia brachycera (113439) Nigrimonticola longicornis (105971) Ophthalmoxyela brachyura (114238)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation Bolboxyela bolboica (150500)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Mongolia Shartexyela mongolica (121393)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4China (Nei Mongol) Brachyoxyela elliptica (226075)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Angaridyela robusta, Angaridyela exculpta, Angaridyela suspecta, Angaridyela endemica, Lethoxyela excurva, Lethoxyela vulgata, Ceratoxyela decorosa, Liaoxyela antiqua, Heteroxyela ignota, Sinoxyela viriosa, Isoxyela rudis (111725) Anthoxyela orientalis, Brachyoxyela brevinodia, Brachyoxyela gracilenta (111714) Leptoxyela eximia, Brachyoxyela conjunctiva, Brachyoxyela leei (225018) Xyelites lingyuanensis (156389)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Hebei) Liadoxyela chengdeensis (107001)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Angaridyela vitimica, Angaridyela minor, Angaridyela pallipes, Ceroxyela dolichocera, Gigantoxyela quadrifurcata, Xyelites trigeminus, Uroxyela sicicauda (105536) Anthoxyela anthophaga (122549) Anthoxyela baissensis (105969) Baissoxyela tarsalis, Chaetoxyela hirsuta (113403)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Russian Federation (Chita) Anthoxyela turgensis (119499)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Chionoxyela nivea (138067)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Proxyelia pankowskii (123379)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Megaxyela petrefacta (106379 106384 124527) Paleoxyela nearctica (127617)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Megaxyela xiejiaheensis (128550) Megaxyela yaoshanica (128551)