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Leptofoenus
''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central America, and southern North America. The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. With body sizes ranging from ''Leptofoenus'' species are larger than nearly all other species in Chalcidoidea. The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae The Stephanidae, sometimes called crown wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps. They are the only living members of the superfamily Stephanoidea. Stephanidae has at least 345 living species in 11 genera. The family is considered cosmopolitan in .... Species All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America. *'' Leptofoenus howardi'' (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam *'' Leptofoenus pel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptofoenus Rufus
''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central America, and southern North America. The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. With body sizes ranging from ''Leptofoenus'' species are larger than nearly all other species in Chalcidoidea. The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae The Stephanidae, sometimes called crown wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps. They are the only living members of the superfamily Stephanoidea. Stephanidae has at least 345 living species in 11 genera. The family is considered cosmopolitan in .... Species All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America. *'' Leptofoenus howardi'' (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam *'' Leptofoenus pel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptofoenus Peleciniformis
''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central America, and southern North America. The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. With body sizes ranging from ''Leptofoenus'' species are larger than nearly all other species in Chalcidoidea. The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae. Species All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America. *'' Leptofoenus howardi'' (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam *'' Leptofoenus peleciniformis'' Smith Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica * †'' Leptofoenus pittfieldae'' Engel Dominican Republic (Early Miocene) *''Leptofoenus rufus ''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptofoenus Stephanoides
''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central America, and southern North America. The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. With body sizes ranging from ''Leptofoenus'' species are larger than nearly all other species in Chalcidoidea. The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae. Species All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America. *'' Leptofoenus howardi'' (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam *''Leptofoenus peleciniformis'' Smith Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica * †'' Leptofoenus pittfieldae'' Engel Dominican Republic (Early Miocene) *''Leptofoenus rufus ''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptofoenus Westwoodi
''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central America, and southern North America. The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. With body sizes ranging from ''Leptofoenus'' species are larger than nearly all other species in Chalcidoidea. The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae. Species All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America. *'' Leptofoenus howardi'' (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam *''Leptofoenus peleciniformis'' Smith Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica * †'' Leptofoenus pittfieldae'' Engel Dominican Republic (Early Miocene) *''Leptofoenus rufus'' LaSalle & Stage Mexico, southwestern USA *''Leptofoenus stephanoides ''Leptofoenus'' is a genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptofoenus Howardi
''Leptofoenus'' is a genus of wasp in the family Pelecinellidae found in South America, Central America, and southern North America. The genus contains five living species and one extinct species known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. With body sizes ranging from ''Leptofoenus'' species are larger than nearly all other species in Chalcidoidea. The genus bears a notable resemblance to the wasp families Pelecinidae, Gasteruptiidae, and Stephanidae. Species All six known species are restricted to the western Hemisphere, most being found in South America and only one reaching North America. *'' Leptofoenus howardi'' (Ashmead) Paraguay, Brazil, Surinam *''Leptofoenus peleciniformis'' Smith Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica * †'' Leptofoenus pittfieldae'' Engel Dominican Republic (Early Miocene) *''Leptofoenus rufus'' LaSalle & Stage Mexico, southwestern USA *''Leptofoenus stephanoides'' (Roman) Argentina, Paraguay, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptofoenus Pittfieldae
''Leptofoenus pittfieldae'' is an extinct species of wasp in the family Pteromalidae. It is known from early Miocene Burdigalian stage Dominican amber deposits on the island of Hispaniola. The species is known from a single male specimen excavated from the La Toca mine group northeast of Santiago de los Caballeros in 2008 and deposited in the Insect Fossil Collection at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum in Lawrence, Kansas, where it was studied and described by Dr. Michael S. Engel. The species name ''pittfieldae'' honors Ms. Morgan Pittfield, niece of the specimen donor. ''L. pittfieldae'' is the only member of ''Leptofoenus'' in the fossil record. Despite the large quantities of amber examined from the Dominican Republic, no additional specimens of ''Leptofoenus pittfieldae'' have been found. This may indicate that ''L. pittfieldae'' was uncommon in the Miocene, much like the five living species in this genus are uncommon today. No living species of ''Lept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecinellidae
Pelecinellidae is a small family of chalcidoid wasps, formerly treated as the subfamily Leptofoeninae within Pteromalidae. They, like many small chalcidoids, are brilliantly metallic. The subfamily contains three genera, '' Nefoenus'', '' Doddifoenus'' (with four species) and ''Leptofoenus'' (with five extant species). The species '' Doddifoenus wallacei'' is the largest known chalcidoid wasp, reaching nearly in length (including ovipositor).Krogmann, L., Burks, R.A. (2009) ''Doddifoenus wallacei'', a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization. Zootaxa 2194: 21-36. The first pelecinellid species known from the fossil record, ''Leptofoenus pittfieldae'', was described in 2009 by Michael S. Engel from a specimen discovered in Dominican amber Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic derived from resin of the extinct tree ''Hymenaea proter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominican Amber
Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic derived from resin of the extinct tree ''Hymenaea protera''. Dominican amber differentiates itself from Baltic amber by being nearly always transparent, and it has a higher number of fossil inclusions. This has enabled the detailed reconstruction of the ecosystem of a long-vanished tropical forest.George Poinar, Jr. and Roberta Poinar, 1999. ''The Amber Forest: A Reconstruction of a Vanished World'', (Princeton University Press) Age A study in the early 1990s returned a date up to 40 million years old. However, according to Poinar, Dominican amber dates from Oligocene to Miocene, thus about 25 million years old. The oldest, and hardest of this amber comes from the mountain region north of Santiago. The ''La Cumbre'', ''La Toca'', ''Palo Quemado'', ''La Bucara'', and ''Los Cacaos'' mining sites in the ''Cordillera Septentrional'' not far from Santiago. Amber has also been found in the south-eastern Bayaguana/Sabana de la Mar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Stephanidae
The Stephanidae, sometimes called crown wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps. They are the only living members of the superfamily Stephanoidea. Stephanidae has at least 345 living species in 11 genera. The family is considered cosmopolitan in distribution, with the highest species concentrations in subtropical and moderate climate zones. Stephanidae also contain four extinct genera described from both compression fossils and inclusions in amber. Biology Stephanids are noted for their ocellar corona, a semicircular to circular set of projections around the middle ocellus, forming a "crown" on the head. Only stephanids and the similarly old Hymenoptera family Orussidae have ocellar coronae, and it is uncertain if they developed the structure separately or if a common ancestor of both developed it and it was then lost in all but the two families. Weakly developed grooves starting at the base of the antennae and extending past the eyes to the back of the head capsule are present. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gasteruptiidae
The Gasteruptiidae are one of the more distinctive families among the apocritan wasps, with surprisingly little variation in appearance for a group that contains around 500 species in two subfamilies ( Gasteruptiinae and Hyptiogastrinae) and with 6 genera worldwide. They are members of Evanioidea. Genera This family includes the following genera in two subfamilies: * Gasteruptiinae Ashmead, 1900 ** '' Gasteruption'' Latreille, 1777 ** '' Plutofoenus'' Kieffer, 1911 ** '' Spinolafoenus'' Macedo, 2009 ** '' Trilobitofoenus'' Macedo, 2009 * Hyptiogastrinae ** '' Hyptiogaster'' Kieffer, 1903 ** '' Pseudofoenus'' Kieffer, 1902 Several fossil species are also known: *Hypselogastriinae **'' Hypselogastrion'' Engel & Wang, 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (latest Albian - earliest Cenomanian) *Kotujellitinae **†'' Kotujellites'' Rasnitsyn 1990 Taimyr amber, Russia Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) **†'' Kotujisca'' Rasnitsyn 1991 Andaikhudag Formation, Mongolia, Early C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelecinidae
Pelecinidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea. It contains only one living genus, '' Pelecinus'', with three species known from the Americas. The earliest fossil species are known from the Jurassic, and the group was highly diverse during the Cretaceous. Members of ''Pelecinus'' are parasitic on larval beetles, flies, green lacewings, and sawflies. Taxonomy * †'' Abropelecinus'' Feng et al. 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous ( Aptian) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) * †'' Brachypelecinus'' Guo et al. 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) * †'' Henopelecinus'' Engel and Grimaldi 2006M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2006A Diminutive Pelecinid Wasp in Cretaceous Amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae).''Northeastern Naturalist'' 13(2):291-297 Engel and Grimaldi 2006 New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian) * †'' Pelecinopteron'' Brues 1933 Baltic amber, Eocene * †'' Phasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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