Serphitidae is a family of microscopic parasitic wasps known from the Cretaceous period.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Infraorder: | Proctotrupomorpha |
| Superfamily: | †Serphitoidea |
| Family: | †Serphitidae Brues, 1937 |
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Taxonomy edit
This family was described in 1937 by the American entomologist Charles Thomas Brues to classify a fossil insect caught in an amber piece from Canada. The species was named Serphites paradoxus. After that, more genera were described and included in this family, like Archaeromma and Distylopus by the Japanese entomologist Hiroshi Yoshimoto in 1975, from fossils also found in Canadian amber, and Aposerphites, Microserphites and new species of Serphites in 1979 by the Russian entomologist Mikhail Vasilievich Kozlov and Alexandr Rasnitsyn, from Siberian amber.[1] Serphitidae is placed with another extinct family, Archaeoserphitidae as members of the superfamily Serphitoidea, Serphitoidea in turn is the sister group of the superfamily Mymarommatoidea, the only living family of which is Mymarommatidae. The clade containing both superfamilies is named Bipetiolarida, which is placed within the Proctotrupomorpha.[2]
- Microserphitinae Engel, 2015[3]
- Microserphites Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979[4]
- †Microserphites parvulus Kozlov and Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr Amber, Russia
- †Microserphites soplaensis Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Early Albian, Spanish amber (El Soplao Amber), Las Penosas Formation, Spain[5]
- Microserphites libanensis Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
- Microserphites Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979[4]
- Leptoserphites Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
- Leptoserphites pabloi Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
- Leptoserphites irae Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
- Serphitinae Brues, 1937[6]
- Aposerphites Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979
- †Aposerphites angustus Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Upper Albian, Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
- †Aposerphites solox Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr Amber, Russia
- Burserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2021[7]
- †Burserphites applanatus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Burserphites myanmarensis Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- Jubaserphites McKellar & Engel, 2011[8]
- †Jubaserphites ethani McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Upper Campanian, Canadian amber, Grassy Lake locality, Canada
- Mesoserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2021[7]
- †Mesoserphites annulus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Mesoserphites engeli Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Mesoserphites giganteus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Mesoserphites scutatus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Mesoserphites viraneacapitis Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- Serphites Brues, 1937
- †Serphites bruesi McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
- †Serphites dux Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr amber, Russia
- †Serphites fannyae Engel & Perrichot, 2014 - Turonian, Vendée amber, France[9]
- †Serphites gigas Kozlov and Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr amber, Russia
- †Serphites hynemani McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
- †Serphites kuzminae McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
- †Serphites lamiak Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Upper Albian, Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
- †Serphites naveskinae Engel & Grimaldi, 2011 - Turonian, New Jersey amber, United States
- †Serphites paradoxus Brues, 1937 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
- †Serphites pygmaeus McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
- †Serphites raritanensis Engel & Grimaldi, 2011 - Turonian, New Jersey Amber, United States
- †Serphites silban Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Upper Albian, San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
- Buserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2022 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar,
- B. applanatus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
- B. myanmarensis Herbert & McKellar, 2022
- Mesoserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2022 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar,
- M. annulus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
- M. giganteus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
- M. engeli Herbert & McKellar, 2022
- M. scutatus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
- M. viraneacapiti Herbert & McKellar, 2022
- Aposerphites Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979
- Supraserphitinae Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019[2]
- Supraserphites Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019
- †Supraserphites draculi Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Supraserphites sidorchukae Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Supraserphites margritae Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2020 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- †Supraserphites vorontsovi Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2020 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
- Supraserphites Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019
References edit
- ^ George O. Poinar (1992). Stanford University Press (ed.). Life in amber. p. 350. ISBN 0804720010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ a b Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P.; Öhm-Kühnle, Christoph (July 2019). "New serphitoid wasp Supraserphites draculi gen. et sp. nov. in Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Serphitidae: Supraserphitinae)". Cretaceous Research. 99: 46–50. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.12.006. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 135340208.
- ^ Engel, Michael S. (2015-12-30). "A new family of primitive serphitoid wasps in Lebanese amber (Hymenoptera: Serphitoidea)". Novitates Paleoentomologicae (13): 1. doi:10.17161/np.v0i13.5064. hdl:1808/20608. ISSN 2329-5880.
- ^ M. A. Kozlov and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1979. Ob ob'yeme semeystva Serphitidae (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 57:402-416
- ^ Ortega-Blanco, Jaime; Delclòs, Xavier; Peñalver, Enrique; Engel, Michael S. (April 2011). "Serphitid wasps in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Serphitidae)". Cretaceous Research. 32 (2): 143–154. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.11.004.
- ^ C. T. Brues. 1937. Superfamilies Ichneumonoidea, Serphoidea, and Chalcidoidea, in Insects and arachnids from Canadian amber. University of Toronto Studies in Geology 40:27-44
- ^ a b Herbert, Mélanie C.M.; McKellar, Ryan C. (30 October 2021). "New genera Buserphites and Mesoserphites (Hymenoptera: Serphitidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 130: 105025. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105025. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 240331883.
- ^ McKellar, R.; Engel, M. (2010-12-01). "The serphitid wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupo-morpha: Serphitoidea) of Canadian Cretaceous amber". Systematic Entomology. 36 (1): 192–208. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00559.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 84385750.
- ^ "The extinct wasp family Serphitidae in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera)". Paleontological Contributions. 2014-12-01. doi:10.17161/pc.1808.15990. ISSN 1946-0279.