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Scolebythidae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Scolebythidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Scolebythidae Evans p. 7
1992Scolebythidae Carpenter p. 66
1999Scolebythidae Brothers p. 243
2007Scolebythidae Sharkey
2016Scolebythidae Cockx and McKellar p. 135

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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
Aculeata()
superfamilyChrysidoidea
familyScolebythidaeEvans 1963
familyScolebythidaeEvans 1963

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.

Fm. Scolebythidae Evans 1963
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G. †Acanthabythus Lepeco and Melo 2022
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Acanthabythus exilispineus Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. †Arcapenesia Lepeco and Melo 2022
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Arcapenesia compacta Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. †Burmapenesia Lepeco and Melo 2022
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Burmapenesia iridescens Lepeco and Melo 2022
Burmapenesia longicephala Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. †Cephalobythus Lepeco and Melo 2022
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Cephalobythus clypeatus Lepeco and Melo 2022
Cephalobythus deformis Lepeco and Melo 2022
Cephalobythus gladiator Lepeco and Melo 2022
Cephalobythus simplex Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. †Cretopsenella Lepeco and Melo 2022
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Cretopsenella spinifera Lepeco and Melo 2022
G. †Gnathapenesia Lepeco and Melo 2022
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Gnathapenesia burmensis Lepeco and Melo 2022
Subfm. Pristapenesiinae Engel et al. 2013
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G. †Boreobythus Engel and Grimaldi 2007
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Boreobythus turonius Engel and Grimaldi 2007
G. †Cursoribythus Cockx and McKellar 2016
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Cursoribythus silvestris Cockx and McKellar 2016
G. †Ectenobythus Engel et al. 2013
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Ectenobythus iberiensis Engel et al. 2013
G. †Eobythus Lacau et al. 2000
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Eobythus patriciae Lacau et al. 2000
G. †Libanobythus Prentice and Poinar 1996
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Libanobythus milkii Prentice and Poinar 1996
G. †Necrobythus Engel et al. 2013
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Necrobythus pulcher Engel et al. 2013
G. Pristapenesia Brues 1933
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Pristapenesia inopinata Prentice and Poinar 1996
Pristapenesia primaeva Brues 1933
Invalid names: Dominibythus Prentice and Poinar 1996 [synonym]
G. †Sphakelobythus Engel et al. 2013
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Sphakelobythus limnopous Engel et al. 2013
G. †Uliobythus Engel and Grimaldi 2007
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Uliobythus terpsichore Engel and Grimaldi 2007
G. †Zapenesia Engel and Grimaldi 2007
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Zapenesia libanica Engel and Grimaldi 2007
G. †Rhynchopsenella Lepeco and Melo 2022
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Rhynchopsenella argentea Lepeco and Melo 2022
Rhynchopsenella bicarinata Lepeco and Melo 2022
Rhynchopsenella diaphana Lepeco and Melo 2022
Subfm. Scolebythinae Evans 1963
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G. Clystopsenella Kieffer 1911
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G. Scolebythus Evans 1963
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Langhian or 130.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Lebanon Libanobythus milkii (124925) Zapenesia libanica, Uliobythus terpsichore (122471)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Scolebythidae indet. (138325)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Álava) Scolebythidae indet. 1, Scolebythidae indet. 2, Ectenobythus iberiensis (108769)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5France (Charente-Maritime) Scolebythidae indet. (107076)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Acanthabythus exilispineus, Arcapenesia compacta, Burmapenesia iridescens, Burmapenesia longicephala, Cephalobythus clypeatus, Cephalobythus deformis, Cephalobythus gladiator, Cephalobythus simplex, Cretopsenella spinifera, Gnathapenesia burmensis, Rhynchopsenella argentea, Rhynchopsenella bicarinata, Rhynchopsenella diaphana (216576) Cursoribythus silvestris (166234)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Boreobythus turonius (110895)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Necrobythus pulcher, Sphakelobythus limnopous (122357)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eobythus patriciae (123850) Scolebythidae indet. (68174)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Pristapenesia primaeva (137410)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Pristapenesia primaeva (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Pristapenesia primaeva (110735 123760 123927 124275)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Clystopsenella mirabilis (122982) Dominibythus inopinatus (122473)