Spathiopterygidae is an extinct family of small parasitic wasps, known from the Cretaceous (Barremian to Santonian) of Laurasia and Northern Gondwana.[1][2] They are suggested to be members of Diaprioidea, in part due to their similarly reduced wing venation. Some members of the group reduced or lost the hindwings entirely.[3]
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| Specimen of Spathiopteryx soosi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Diaprioidea |
| Family: | †Spathiopterygidae Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanca, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013 |
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Genera edit
- †Myamaropsis Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013
- M. baabdaensis Krogmann et al. 2016 Barremian, Lebanese amber[4]
- M. turolensis Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013 Albian, San Just amber, Escucha Formation (Spanish amber)
- †Spathiopteryx Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013
- S. alavarommopsis Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Grimaldi in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013 Albian, Alava amber, Escucha Formation (Spanish amber)
- S. soosi Szabó, Brazidec & Perrichot, 2022[2] Santonian, Ajka Coal Formation, Hungary
- †Spathopria Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Grimaldi in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013
- S. sayrevillensis Engel, Ortega-Blanco & Grimaldi in Engel, Ortega-Blanco, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013 Turonian, New Jersey amber
- †Diaspathion Engel and Huang, 2015 [5]
- D. ortegai Engel and Huang, 2015 Cenomanian, Burmese amber
- †Diameneura Santer and Álvarez-Parra, 2022[3]
- D. marveni Santer and Álvarez-Parra, 2022 late Albian, Spanish amber
References edit
- ^ Engel; Ortega-Blanco; Soriano; Grimaldi; Martinez-Delclos (2013). "A new lineage of enigmatic diaprioid wasps in Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3771): 1–23. doi:10.1206/3771.2. hdl:2246/6423. S2CID 54853553.
- ^ a b Szabó, Márton; Brazidec, Manuel; Perrichot, Vincent; Szenti, Imre; Kukovecz, Ákos; Ősi, Attila (November 2022). "A unique record of the Late Cretaceous of East-Central Europe: The first fossil wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Spathiopterygidae) from the ajkaite amber (Bakony Mts., western Hungary)". Cretaceous Research. 139: 105314. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105314. hdl:10831/89765.
- ^ a b Santer, Maxime; Álvarez-Parra, Sergio; Nel, André; Peñalver, Enrique; Delclòs, Xavier (2022-05-01). "New insights into the enigmatic Cretaceous family Spathiopterygidae (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea)". Cretaceous Research. 133: 105128. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105128. hdl:2445/182542. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ Krogmann, Lars; Azar, Dany; Rajaei, Hossein; Nel, André (April 2016). "Mymaropsis baabdaensis sp. n. from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber – the earliest spathiopterygid wasp and the first female known for the family". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 15 (5): 483–487. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.11.002. ISSN 1631-0683.
- ^ Engel, Michael S.; Huang, Diying; Azar, Dany; Nel, André; Davis, Steven R.; Alvarado, Mabel; Breitkreuz, Laura C.V. (February 2015). "The wasp family Spathiopterygidae in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (2): 95–100. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.11.002. ISSN 1631-0683.
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