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Orussidae (parasitic wood wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Orussidae

Taxonomy
Orussidae was named by Newman (1834). It is extant. Its type is Orussus.

It was assigned to Symphyta by Rasnitsyn (1977); and to Orussoidea by Sharkey (2007), Taeger et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Orussidae Newman p. 409
1977Orussidae Rasnitsyn
2007Orussidae Sharkey
2010Orussidae Taeger et al. p. 59

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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
superfamilyOrussoidea
familyOrussidae
familyOrussidae

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. Orussidae Newman 1834 [parasitic wood wasp]
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G. †Baltorussus Schedl 2011
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†Baltorussus velteni Schedl 2011
G. †Kryptovelona Vilhelmsen and Perrichot 2024
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†Kryptovelona carstengroehni Vilhelmsen and Perrichot 2024
G. †Minyorussus Basibuyuk et al. 2000
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†Minyorussus luzzii Basibuyuk et al. 2000
Subfm. Ophrynopinae Benson 1935
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G. Ophrynopus Konow 1897
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†Ophrynopus peritus Engel 2008
Subfm. Orussinae Newman 1834
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G. Orussus Latreille 1796
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†Orussus juttagroehnae Vilhelmsen and Perrichot 2024
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 Turonian to the top of the Langhian or 93.90000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Minyorussus luzzii (110895)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baltorussus velteni (123458) Kryptovelona carstengroehni, Orussus juttagroehnae (110735)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ophrynopus peritus (124231)