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Geoscelionidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera

Taxonomy
Geoscelionini was named by Engel and Huang (2016). It is extant. Its type is Geoscelio.

It was reranked as the tribe Geoscelionidae by Chen et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Scelionidae by Engel and Huang (2016); and to Platygastroidea by Chen et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Geoscelionini Engel and Huang p. 7
2021Geoscelionidae Chen et al. p. 1102

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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
infraorderProctotrupomorpha
Microprocta
superfamilyPlatygastroidea
tribeGeoscelionidae()
tribeGeoscelionidae()

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.

Tr. Geoscelionidae Engel and Huang 2016
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G. †Archaeoscelio Brues 1940
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Archaeoscelio rugosus Brues 1940
G. †Cobaloscelio Johnson and Masner 2007
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Cobaloscelio cuspidatus Johnson and Masner 2007
Cobaloscelio speculifer Johnson and Masner 2007
G. †Geoscelio Engel and Huang 2016
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Geoscelio mckellari Engel and Huang 2016
G. Plaumannion Masner and Johnson 2007
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Plaumannion fistulosum Talamas 2015
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Langhian or 100.50000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Geoscelio mckellari (161726)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Archaeoscelio rugosus (123927) Archaeoscelio rugosus, Archaeoscelio filicornis (124205) Archaeoscelio rugosus, Archaeoscelio filicornis, Cobaloscelio cuspidatus, Cobaloscelio speculifer (151572) Cobaloscelio speculifer (123420)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Plaumannion fistulosum (122473)