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Orussidae (parasitic wood wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Orussidae

Taxonomy
Orussidae was named by Newman (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Symphyta by Rasnitsyn (1977); and to Orussoidea by Sharkey (2007) and Taeger et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Orussidae Newman p. 409
1977Orussidae Rasnitsyn
2007Orussidae Sharkey
2010Orussidae Taeger et al. p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
superfamilyOrussoidea
familyOrussidae
familyOrussidae

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. Orussidae Newman 1834 [parasitic wood wasp]
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G. †Baltorussus Schedl 2011
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Baltorussus velteni Schedl 2011
Subfm. †Mesorussinae Rasnitsyn 1977
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G. †Mesorussus Rasnitsyn 1977
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Mesorussus taimyrensis Rasnitsyn 1977
G. †Minyorussus Basibuyuk et al. 2000
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Minyorussus luzzii Basibuyuk et al. 2000
Subfm. Ophrynopinae Benson 1935
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G. Ophrynopus Konow 1897
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Ophrynopus peritus Engel 2008
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 Turonian to the top of the Langhian or 93.90000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation Mesorussus taimyrensis (35051)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Minyorussus luzzii (110895)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baltorussus velteni (123458)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ophrynopus peritus (124231)