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Ceraphronoidea

Insecta - Hymenoptera

Taxonomy
Ceraphronoidea was named by Haliday (1833). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stephanoidea by Rasnitsyn and Brothers (2009).

It was assigned to Vespoides by Heraty et al. (2011); and to Apocrita by Rasnitsyn (1975), Sharkey et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Ceraphronoidea Haliday
1975Ceraphronoidea Rasnitsyn p. 72
2011Ceraphronoidea Heraty et al.
2012Ceraphronoidea Sharkey et al.

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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
superfamilyCeraphronoidea

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.

Superfm. Ceraphronoidea Haliday 1833
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Fm. †Ceospilidae Engel 2025
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G. †Ceospilus Engel 2025
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†Ceospilus phoenicius Engel 2025
Fm. Ceraphronidae Haliday 1833
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G. Aphanogmus Thomson 1858
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†Aphanogmus serrulatus Meunier 1916
G. Ceraphron Jurine 1807
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†Ceraphron ceuthonymus Engel 2013
†Ceraphron fasciatus Meunier 1916
Invalid names: Ceraphronini Haliday 1833 [empty]
Fm. †Maimetshidae Rasnitsyn 1975
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Subfm. †Maimetshinae Rasnitsyn 1975
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G. †Afrapia Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009
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†Afrapia globularis Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009
†Afrapia nihtmara Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011
†Afrapia robusta Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009
†Afrapia variicornis Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009
Invalid names: Afromaimetsha Rasnitsyn and Brothers 2009 [synonym]
G. †Crucimaimetsha Li et al. 2025
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†Crucimaimetsha nigra Li et al. 2025
G. †Guyotemaimetsha Perrichot et al. 2004
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†Guyotemaimetsha concava Perrichot 2013
†Guyotemaimetsha enigmatica Perrichot et al. 2004
†Guyotemaimetsha perrichoti Li et al. 2025
Invalid names: Burmaimetsha Perrichot 2013 [synonym]
G. †Maimetshasia Perrichot 2013
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†Maimetshasia engeli Li et al. 2025
†Maimetshasia kachinensis Perrichot 2013
†Maimetshasia nova Li et al. 2025
G. †Turgonalus Rasnitsyn 1990
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†Turgonalus cooperi Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998
†Turgonalus minor Rasnitsyn 1990
†Turgonalus najlae Perrichot et al. 2011
Invalid names: Ahiromaimetsha Perrichot et al. 2011 [synonym], Turgonaliscus Engel 2016 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ahiromaimetshini Engel 2016 [invalid subgroup], Cretogonalinae Rasnitsyn 1977 [synonym], Maimetshini Rasnitsyn 1975 [invalid subgroup]
Subfm. †Zorophratrinae Engel 2016
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G. †Zorophratra Engel 2016
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†Zorophratra corynetes Engel 2016
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 Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Arossia joyceae (118921) Turgonalus cooperi (104005)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Lebanon Ahiromaimetsha najlae (124760) Ceospilus phoenicius (123017) Zorophratra corynetes (122471)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (Chita) Turgonalus minor (119499)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Guyotemaimetsha enigmatica (99114)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Iberomaimetsha rasnitsyni, Iberomaimetsha nihtmara (108769)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9France (Charente-Maritime) Guyotemaimetsha enigmatica (107076)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Taymyr) Conostigmus dolicharthrus (104988)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Burmaimetsha concava, Maimetshasia kachinensis (123053) Maimetshasia nova, Maimetshasia engeli, Guyotemaimetsha perrichoti, Guyotemaimetsha ortegablancoi, Crucimaimetsha nigra (224169)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation Cretogonalys taimyricus (35051)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Botswana Afrapia globularis, Afrapia variicornis, Afromaimetsha robusta, Maimetshorapia africana (123430)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Conostigmus novacaesarea (110895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation Prolagynodes penniger, Maimetsha arctica, Iberomaimetsha pallida (35056)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Ahstemiam cellula (122384) Conostigmus cavannus (122389)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Megaspilidae indet. (123795)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Dendrocerus ypresicus (124463)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Conostigmus antiquus (152000) Lagynodes primordialis, Lagynodes electriphilus, Conostigmus succinalis (124205) Lagynodes pseudocarinatus (155460)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Conostigmus talamasi (123419)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ceraphron ceuthonymus (123708)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Spain Conostigmus chthonios (122985) Conostigmus lazaros (103100)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Ceraphron serrulatus, Ceraphron fasciatus (152189)