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Microgastrinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

Taxonomy
Microgasteroidae was named by Förster (1862). It is extant. Its type is Microgaster.

It was reranked as the subfamily Microgasterinae by Brues (1910), Statz (1938), Tobias (1987); it was reranked as the subfamily Microgastrinae by Belokobylskij (2014), Whitfield et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Hymenoptera by Förster (1862); and to Braconidae by Brues (1910), Statz (1938), Tobias (1987), Belokobylskij (2014), Whitfield et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Microgasteroidae Förster
1910Microgasterinae Brues
1938Microgasterinae Statz p. 82
1987Microgasterinae Tobias p. 854
1987Semionini Tobias p. 854
2014Microgastrinae Belokobylskij p. 386
2014Semionini Belokobylskij p. 386
2018Microgastrinae Whitfield et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyBraconidae
subfamilyMicrogastrinae()
subfamilyMicrogastrinae()

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. Microgastrinae Förster 1862
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G. Apanteles Förster 1862
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†Apanteles concinna Statz 1938
G. †Dacnusites Cockerell 1921
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†Dacnusites reductus Cockerell 1921
†Dacnusites sepultus Cockerell 1921
G. Microgaster Latreille 1804
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Microgaster balani Bocquet-Vedrine 1967
G. Microplitis Förster 1862
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†Microplitis elegans Timon-David 1944
†Microplitis vesperus Brues 1910
G. †Palaeomicrogaster Belokobylskij 2014
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†Palaeomicrogaster oculatus Belokobylskij 2014
G. Semionis Nixon 1965
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†Semionis nixoni Tobias 1987
†Semionis wightensis Belokobylskij 2014
Invalid names: Semionini Tobias 1987 [invalid subgroup]
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 Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.00000 to 23.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Dacnusites reductus (123960) Dacnusites sepultus, Semionis wightensis (21976) Palaeomicrogaster oculatus (123959)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Eocardiochiles fritschii (123927 127170) Semionis nixoni (124849)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Microgaster primordialis (106381 106384 114150) Microplitis vesperus (123119)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Microplitis elegans (155869)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Apanteles macrophthalmus, Apanteles concinna (122010)