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Rhopalosomatidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Rhopalosomatidae

Taxonomy
Rhopalosomatidae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Rhopalosoma.

It was assigned to Vespoidea by Brothers (1999) and Sharkey (2007).

Subtaxa
Cretolixon, Eorhopalosoma, Rhopalosoma (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Rhopalosomatidae Brothers p. 243
2007Rhopalosomatidae Sharkey

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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
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyRhopalosomatidae
familyRhopalosomatidae

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.

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G. †Cretolixon Lohrmann 2020
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†Cretolixon alatum Lohrmann 2020
G. †Eorhopalosoma Engel 2008
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†Eorhopalosoma gorgyra Engel 2008
†Eorhopalosoma lohrmanni Boudinot and Dungey 2020
G. Rhopalosoma Cresson 1865
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†Rhopalosoma hispaniola Lohrmann 2019
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 99.60000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretolixon alatum (161726 184841 216411) Eorhopalosoma gorgyra (111688) Eorhopalosoma lohrmanni (207538) Rhopalosomatidae indet., Cretolixon alatum (188399)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Rhopalosoma sp. (201608)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Rhopalosoma hispaniola (153459)