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Siricoidea

Insecta - Hymenoptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Siricoidea Billberg p. 98
2004Siricoidea Rasnitsyn and Zhang p. 13
2011Siricoidea Heraty et al.
2015Siricoidea Archibald and Rasnitsyn

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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
RankNameAuthor
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
superfamilySiricoidea
superfamilySiricoidea

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. Siricoidea Billberg 1820
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Fm. †Protosiricidae Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2004
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G. †Protosirex Rasnitsyn 1969
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†Protosirex xyelopterus Rasnitsyn 1969
Fm. †Pseudosiricidae Handlirsch 1906
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G. †Myrmicium Westwood 1854
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†Myrmicium araripterum Freitas et al. 2020
†Myrmicium elongatum Germar 1839
†Myrmicium heerii Westwood 1854
†Myrmicium nanus Handlirsch 1906
†Myrmicium schroeteri Germar 1839
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Invalid names: Pseudosirex antiquus Germar 1839 [synonym], Pseudosirex compressus Oppenheim 1885 [synonym], Pseudosirex darwini Weyenbergh 1873 [synonym], Pseudosirex deichmuelleri Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Pseudosirex elegans Oppenheim 1885 [synonym], Pseudosirex gracilis Oppenheim 1885 [synonym], Pseudosirex karschi Oppenheim 1885 [synonym], Pseudosirex minimus Oppenheim 1885 [synonym], Pseudosirex separatus Handlirsch 1906 [synonym], Rhipidorhabdus schroeteri Oppenheim 1885 [synonym], Sphinx snelleni Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym]
Invalid names: Apiaria Germar 1839 [replaced], Fabellovena Oppenheim 1885 [synonym], Hagenia Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym], Pseudosirex Weyenbergh 1873 [synonym], Rhipidorhabdus Oppenheim 1885 [synonym]
Invalid names: Myrmiciidae Maa 1949 [synonym]
G. †Sinanxyela Hong 1982
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†Sinanxyela dorunensis Hong 1982
Fm. †Sinosiricidae Hong 1975
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G. †Sinosirex Hong 1975
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†Sinosirex gigantea Hong 1975
Fm. Siricidae Billberg 1820 [horntail]
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Subfm. †Auliscinae Rasnitsyn 1968
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G. †Aulisca Rasnitsyn 1968
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†Aulisca odontura Rasnitsyn 1968
†Aulisca variicornis Rasnitsyn 1968
G. †Megaulisca Rasnitsyn 1968
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†Megaulisca grossa Rasnitsyn 1968
G. †Megura Rasnitsyn 1968
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†Megura magnifica Rasnitsyn 1968
Subfm. †Cratosiricinae Jouault and Nel 2020
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G. †Cratosirex Jouault and Nel 2020
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†Cratosirex sennlaubi Jouault and Nel 2020
G. †Cretosirex Wang et al. 2018
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†Cretosirex xiaoi Wang et al. 2018
G. †Emanrisca Rasnitsyn 1993
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†Emanrisca empusa Rasnitsyn 1993
G. †Eoteredon Archibald et al. 2021
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†Eoteredon lacoi Archibald et al. 2021
Subfm. †Gigasiricinae Rasnitsyn 1968
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G. †Gigasirex Rasnitsyn 1968
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†Gigasirex longipes Rasnitsyn 1968
G. †Liasirex Rasnitsyn 1968
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†Liasirex sogdianus Rasnitsyn 1968
G. †Pararchexyela Rasnitsyn 1968
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†Pararchexyela macroptera Rasnitsyn 1968
Invalid names: Pararchexyelinae Rasnitsyn 1968 [synonym]
Subfm. †Megapteritinae Maa 1949
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G. †Megapterites Cockerell 1920
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†Megapterites mirabilis Cockerell 1920
G. †Shurabica Rasnitsyn 1968
Subfm. Siricinae Billberg 1820
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G. †Eourocerus Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2022
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†Eourocerus anguliterreus Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2022
G. †Eoxeris Maa 1949
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†Eoxeris klebsi Brues 1926
G. †Proximoxeris Nel 1991
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Invalid names: Proximoxeris tripolicola Riou 1999 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Proximoxeris Riou 1999 [objective synonym]
G. Sirex Linnaeus 1761
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Invalid names: Paururus Konow 1896 [objective synonym]
G. †Urocerites Heer 1867
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G. Urocerus Geoffroy 1762
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†Urocerus dorbnikensis Manukyan 2021
Urocerus gigas Linnaeus 1758
†Urocerus ligniticus Piton 1940
†Urocerus patagonicus Fidalgo and Smith 1987
Invalid names: Eosirex Piton 1940 [synonym]
G. Xeris Costa 1894
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†Xeris muratensis Boderau et al. 2024
G. Xoanon Semenov 1921
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†Xoanon eocenicus Wedmann et al. 2014
G. †Ypresiosirex Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2015
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†Ypresiosirex orthosemos Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2015
Subfm. Tremecinae Ashmead 1898
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G. Eriotremex Benson 1943
G. Tremex Jurine 1807
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Piacenzian or 184.20000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.7 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Kyrgyzstan (Batken) Liasirex sogdianus (105124)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Kazakhstan (Chimkent) Gigasirex longipes, Aulisca odontura, Aulisca variicornis (105971) Megaulisca grossa (106101) Megura magnifica, Pararchexyela macroptera (105970) Protosirex xyelopterus (113439)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bavaria) Pseudosirex schroeteri (122586) Pseudosirex schroeteri, Pseudosirex nanus (139876)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Sphinx sp. (115325)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Fabellovena karschi, Rhipidorhabdus gracilis, Belostomum elongatum, Fabellovena elegans, Fabellovena compressa, Rhipidorhabdus minimus, Apiaria antiqua, Rhipidorhabdus schroeteri, Cryptocephalus mesozoicus (123985) Pseudosirex nanus, Pseudosirex snelleni, Myrmicium nanus, Myrmicium elongatus, Myrmicium schroeteri (123144) Pseudosirex schroeteri, Pseudosirex deichmuelleri, Pseudosirex minimus, Pseudosirex elongatus (133578) Sphinx snelleni, Cryptocephalus mesozoicus, Pseudosirex darwini, Rhipidorhabdus minimus, Rhipidorhabdus schroeteri (123906)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0United Kingdom (England) Myrmicium heerii (105966)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Nei Mongol) Sinanxyela dorunensis (155049)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Hebei) Sinosirex gigantea (155154)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Cretosirex xiaoi (194296)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cratosirex sennlaubi (227841) Myrmicium araripterum (213661)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Emanrisca empusa, Siricinae indet. (123528)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Eosirex ligniticus (113685) Urocerus ligniticus (120579 166831)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Ypresiosirex orthosemos (147816)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Washington) Eourocerus anguliterreus (104761)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) Urocerus patagonicus (151963)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Eoteredon lacoi (216597)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Megapterites mirabilis (127644)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) Xoanon eocenicus (166830)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Urocerus klebsi (123927) Xeris dorbnikensis, Xeris sp. (192258)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Xeris sp. (113989)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Tremecinae indet. (160097)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Urocerites spectabilis (117250)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09France (Ardèche) Proximoxeris tripoliensis (156164)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333France (Cantal) Xeris muratensis (122195)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Tremex sp. (155690)