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Brachistinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae

Taxonomy
Brachistoidae was named by Förster (1862). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Brachistinae by Sharanowski et al. (2011) and Belokobylskij (2014).

It was assigned to Braconidae by Sharanowski et al. (2011) and Belokobylskij (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Triaspidinae Viereck
1939Triaspidinae Brues
2011Brachistinae Sharanowski et al.
2014Brachistinae Belokobylskij p. 361

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyIchneumonoidea
familyBraconidae
subfamilyBrachistinae()
subfamilyBrachistinae()

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. Brachistinae Förster 1862
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Tr. Blacini Foerster 1862
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G. Blacus Nees 1818
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Subg. †Blacus (Electroblacus) Brues 1933
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†Blacus andreei Brues 1933
†Blacus crassicapitatus Statz 1938
†Blacus fritschii Brues 1933
†Blacus klebsi Brues 1933
†Blacus multiarticulatiformis Shenefelt 1969
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Invalid names: Blacus multiarticulatus Brues 1923 [replaced]
†Blacus verticalis Tobias 1987
Invalid names: Promonolexis Brues 1933 [synonym]
G. Neoblacus Ashmead 1900
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†Neoblacus facialis Brues 1937
G. †Palaeoblacus Statz 1936
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†Palaeoblacus aculeatus Statz 1936
Tr. Brachistini Förster 1862
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G. Eubazus Nees 1814
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Subg. Eubazus (Brachistes) Wesmael 1835
†Eubazus brodiei Belokobylskij 2014
†Eubazus electrus Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón 2024
†Eubazus flavistigma Belokobylskij 2014
†Eubazus grandareola Belokobylskij 2014
†Eubazus hooleyi Belokobylskij 2014
†Eubazus nanus Belokobylskij 2014
†Eubazus normalis Brues 1923
†Eubazus wilmattae Brues 1910
G. Triaspis Haliday 1835
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†Triaspis anomala Brues 1939
Tr. Diospilini Förster 1862
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G. Diospilus Haliday 1833
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†Diospilus acourti Cockerell 1921
†Diospilus curtithorax Belokobylskij 2014
†Diospilus soporatus Brues 1910
G. Dyscoletes Haliday 1839
G. Taphaeus Wesmael 1835
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†Taphaeus cervicalis Cockerell 1921
†Taphaeus longicornis Statz 1936
†Taphaeus obscurus Belokobylskij and Zaldívar-Riverón 2024
†Taphaeus praecox Brues 1923
†Taphaeus verus Theobald 1937
Invalid names: Triaspidinae Viereck 1918 [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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Chattian or 83.50000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Manitoba) Neoblacus facialis (122356)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Diospilus acourti, Sigalphus cervicalis, Eubazus brodiei, Eubazus grandareola, Eubazus nanus, Diospilus curtithorax (123959) Eubazus flavistigma (21976) Eubazus hooleyi (123960)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Blacus crassicornis, Blacus fritschii, Electroblacus facialis (127170) Blacus facialis, Taphaeus obscurus, Eubazus electrus (236952) Blacus sp., Triaspis anomala, Blacus gracilicornis, Eubazus crassicornis (124205) Blacus verticalis (124849) Brachistes normalis, Blacus multiarticulatus, Taphaeus praecox, Promonolexis klebsi, Blacus crassicornis, Blacus andreei, Electroblacus facialis (123927)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Calyptus wilmattae (106380) Dyscoletes soporatus (106384)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Palaeoblacus aculeatus, Aspicolpus longicornis, Blacus crassicapitatus (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Diospilus verus (122501)