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Euphorinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

Taxonomy

Euphoroidae was named by Förster (1862). It is extant. Its type is Euphorus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Euphorinae by Brues (1910), Tobias (1987), Belokobylskij (2014), Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón (2021), Belokobylskij (2021), Belokobylskij and Hovorka (2022) and Belokobylskij (2024).

It was assigned to Braconidae by Brues (1910), Tobias (1987), Belokobylskij (2014), Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón (2021), Belokobylskij (2021), Belokobylskij and Hovorka (2022) and Belokobylskij (2024).

Subtaxa

Centistini, Euphorini, Meteorini, Neoneurini, Oncometeorini, Palaeorionis, Perilitini, Prosyntretini

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1910	Euphorinae Brues
1987	Euphorinae Tobias p. 848
2014	Euphorinae Belokobylskij p. 378
2021	Euphorinae Belokobylskij p. 31
2021	Euphorinae Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón p. 1262
2022	Euphorinae Belokobylskij and Hovorka p. 73
2024	Euphorinae Belokobylskij p. 17

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
superfamily	Ichneumonoidea
family	Braconidae
subfamily	Euphorinae	()
subfamily	Euphorinae	()

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. Euphorinae Förster 1862

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Tr. Centistini Čapek 1970

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G. Centistoides van Achterberg 1992

Subg. †Centistoides (Palaeoides) Belokobylskij 2024

†Centistoides (Palaeoides) magnioculus Belokobylskij 2024

G. †Parasyrrhizus Brues 1933

†Parasyrrhizus ludens Brues 1933

G. Pygostolus Haliday 1833

†Pygostolus clavatus Brues 1933

†Pygostolus patriarchicus Brues 1937

Tr. Euphorini Förster 1862

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G. Euphorus Nees 1834

†Euphorus indurescens Brues 1910

Tr. Meteorini Cresson 1887

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G. Meteorus Haliday 1835

†Meteorus applanatus Belokobylskij 2014

†Meteorus arasnitsyni Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón 2021

†Meteorus brevis Brues 1933

†Meteorus crassicornis Brues 1933

†Meteorus crassitergum Belokobylskij 2014

†Meteorus elongatus Brues 1933

†Meteorus interstitialis Brues 1933

†Meteorus longicornis Statz 1938

Tr. Neoneurini Bengtsson 1918

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G. †Elasmosomites Brues 1933

†Elasmosomites arkadyleleji Belokobylskij 2021

†Elasmosomites primordialis Brues 1933

Tr. †Oncometeorini Tobias 1987

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G. †Oncometeorus Tobias 1987

†Oncometeorus aduncus Tobias 1987

G. †Palaeorionis Belokobylskij and Hovorka 2022

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†Palaeorionis longicaudis Belokobylskij and Hovorka 2022

Tr. Perilitini Förster 1862

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G. †Meteorites Brues 1939

†Meteorites inopinata Brues 1939

G. †Onychoura Brues 1933

†Onychoura petiolata Brues 1933

G. Perilitus Nees 1818

Subg. Perilitus (Microctonus) Wesmael 1835

†Perilitus (Microctonus) nanus Brues 1933

Tr. †Prosyntretini Tobias 1987

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G. †Prosyntretus Tobias 1987

†Prosyntretus calcaratus Tobias 1987

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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Langhian or 99.60000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Myanmar (Kachin)	Euphorinae indet. (104053)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Canada (Manitoba)	Pygostolus patriarchicus (122356)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Russian Federation (Kaliningrad)	Elasmosomites primordialis, Elasmosomites arkadyleleji (192258) Elasmosomites sp., Meteorites inopinata (124205) Meteorus arasnitsyni (122591) Meteorus interstitialis (127170) Meteorus interstitialis, Oncometeorus aduncus, Prosyntretus calcaratus (124849) Meteorus sp. (236952) Neoneurinae indet. (125139) Pygostolus clavatus, Parasyrrhizus ludens, Elasmosomites primordialis, Meteorus crassicornis, Meteorus interstitialis, Meteorus elongatus, Meteorus brevis, Microctonus nanus, Onychoura petiolata (123927)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Denmark	Centistoides magnioculus (123762)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	United Kingdom (England)	Meteorus applanatus, Meteorus crassitergum (123959)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Colorado)	Euphorus indurescens (106384)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)	Meteorus longicornis (122010)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Palaeorionis longicaudis (122474)