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โ‡ฑ Ceraphronidae


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Ceraphronidae

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Description

The Ceraphronidae are a small hymenopteran family with 14 genera and some 360 known species, though a great many species are still undescribed. It is a poorly known group as a whole, though most are believed to be parasitoids (especially of flies), and a few hyperparasitoids. Many are found in the soil, and of these, a number are wingless.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4338https://www.gbif.org/species/4338
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)278205https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=278205
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Ceraphronidae
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
suborderVespina
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
superfamilyCeraphronoideaHaliday 1833
familyCeraphronidaeHaliday 1833
Scientific NameCeraphronidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ceraphronidaesubfamilybelongs to Proctotrypidaestated with evidenceAshmead, 1893
Ceraphronidaefamilybelongs to Ceraphronoideastated with evidenceEngel, 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. S. Engel. 2013. A ceraphronid wasp in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae). Novitates Paleoentomologicae 2:1-6
Common Name(s) Ceraphronid Wasps, Ceraphronids, Ceraphronides, Pysslingsteklar
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceraphronidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Ceraphronini
tribe
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Abacoceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Aphanogmus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Ceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
320.4 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Cyoceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Donadiola
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ecitonetes
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ecnomothorax
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Elysoceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Gnathoceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Homaloceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Kenitoceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Masner
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Microceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Pteroceraphron
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Retasus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Synarsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Denprocerus conwentziae
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Eulagynodes bicolor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1833Ceraphronidae Haliday
1893Ceraphroninae Ashmead p. 102
2013Ceraphronidae Engel p. 2

References

Engel M. S. (2013) A ceraphronid wasp in Early Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae), Novitates Paleoentomologicae 2, 1-6
Ashmead W. H. Monograph of the North American Proctotrypidae, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 43, 1-463
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
Forshage (2009) Smรฅ svarta steklar - Utdrag ur egen Hymenoptera-lista (excel-fil 2009-03-17) - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
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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