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Cephidae

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Description

Cephidae is a family of stem sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are about 27 genera and more than 160 described species in Cephidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4337https://www.gbif.org/species/4337
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)139652https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139652
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Cephidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalovรก-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
-UnicalcaridaSchulmeister et al. 2002
superfamilyCephoideaNewman 1835
familyCephidaeNewman 1835
Common Namestem sawfly
Scientific NameCephidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cephidaefamilybelongs to Symphytastated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Cephidaefamilybelongs to Cephoideastated with evidenceSharkey, 2007
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)15
Extant Size (PBDB)4 (27%)
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655
Common Name(s) Stem Sawfly, Stem Sawflies, Halmwespen, Halmsteklar
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Cephinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)156.0 Ma
Paleocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Cuspilonginae โœ
subfamily
listed (PBDB)2125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Australcephus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Caenocephus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Calameuta
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Cephus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
Characopygus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Curva
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Cuspilongus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
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Electrocephus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Hartigia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Heterojanus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Janus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
137.2 Ma
Eocene
0 Ma
Extant
Jungicephus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Mesocephus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pachycephus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Phylloecus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sinicephus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Stenocephus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Syrista
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Trachelus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1835Cephidae Newman p. 411
1992Cephidae Carpenter
2007Cephidae Sharkey
2015Cephidae Archibald and Rasnitsyn p. 219
2018Cephidae Archibald et al. p. 209

References

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Sharkey M. J. (2007) Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Zootaxa 1668, 521-548
Archibald S. B., Rasnitsyn A. P. (2015) Taxonomic names, in New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America, The Canadian Entomologist 148, 209-228
Archibald S. B., Rasnitsyn A. P., et al (2018) Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America, The Canadian Entomologist 150, 250-257
Forshage (2010) Symphyta - Utdrag ur egen Hymenoptera-lista (excel-fil 2010-10-05). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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