Biology:Sparasionidae

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Short description: Family of wasps

Sparasionidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
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Archaeoteleia gilbertae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Platygastroidea
Family: Sparasionidae
Dahlbom, 1858
Genera

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Sparasionidae is a family of wasps in the superfamily Platygastroidea. Known species are parasitoids of the eggs of orthopterans.[1]

Taxonomy

  • Archaeoteleia Masner – Burmese amber, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Baltic amber, Eocene – New Zealand, Chile, recent
  • Electroteleia Brues – Baltic amber, Eocene
  • Mexon Masner & Johnson – Americas
  • Listron Musetti & Johnson – Americas
  • Sceliomorpha Ashmead – Americas
  • Sparasion Latreille – Nearctic, Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions

References

  1. Chen, Huayan; Lahey, Zachary; Talamas, Elijah J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Popovici, Ovidiu A.; Musetti, Luciana; Klompen, Hans; Polaszek, Andrew et al. (2021). "An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification" (in en). Systematic Entomology 46 (4): 1088–1113. doi:10.1111/syen.12511. ISSN 1365-3113. 

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