Angarosphecidae is an extinct family of

Mesozoic The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceo ...

and early Cenozoic

wasps A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. T ...

in the superfamily

Apoidea The superfamily (zoology), superfamily Apoidea is a major group within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally recognized lineages, the "sphecidae, sphecoid" wasps, and the bees. Molecular phylogeny demonstrates that the bees arose from ...

Genera

* †'' Angarosphex'' Rasnitsyn 1975

Weald Clay Weald Clay or the Weald Clay Formation is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit underlying areas of South East England, between the North and South Downs, in an area called the Weald Basin. It is the uppermost unit of the Wealden Group of ro ...

, United Kingdom,

Hauterivian The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Va ...

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is preceded ...

La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation The La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation is an Early Cretaceous ( late Berriasian to early Barremian geologic formation in Catalonia, Spain. The formation crops out in the area of the Montsec in the Organyà Basin. At the La Pedrera de Meià localit ...

, Spain, Barremian

Crato Formation The Crato Formation is a geologic formation of Early Cretaceous ( Aptian) age in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin. It is an important Lagerstätte (undisturbed fossil accumulation) for palaeontologists. The strata were laid down mostly duri ...

, Brazil,

Aptian The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is a subdivision of the Early or Lower Cretaceous Epoch or Series and encompasses the time from 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma to 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma (million years ago), a ...

Laiyang Formation Laiyang city () is a county-level city within Yantai bordering Qingdao, located in the middle of the Shandong Peninsula, in Shandong province, China. The majority (70%) of its population are farmers and it is famous for producing the Laiyang pe ...

Yixian Formation The Yixian Formation (; formerly transcribed as Yihsien Formation) is a geological formation in Jinzhou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, that spans the late Barremian and early Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous. It is known for its ex ...

, China, Aptian Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian

Zaza Formation The Zaza Formation is a geological formation located in Buryatia (Russia). It dates to the Lower Cretaceous period. It is Aptian in age and consists of Sandstone, sandstones, Siltstone, siltstones, Marl, marls and bituminous Shale, shales, deposi ...

, Turga Formation, Russia, Aptian

Sinuiju Formation The Sinuiju Formation is a geologic formation in North Korea. Formerly of uncertain age, it is now thought to be Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.We ...

, North Korea, Aptian *†'' Baissodes'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian Yixian Formaiton, China, Aptian Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian * †'' Burmasphex'' Melo and Rosa, 2018,

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ...

, Myanmar,

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

*†'' Cretobestiola'' Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 2000 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Argun Formation, Russia, Aptian * †'' Cretosphecium'' Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 2000 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian * †'' Decasphex'' Zheng et al 2020, Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian *†'' Eosphecium'' Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 2000 Ootsa Lake Group,

Coldwater Beds The Coldwater Beds are a geologic formation of the Okanagan Highlands in British Columbia, Canada. They preserve fossils dating back to the Ypresian stage of the Eocene period, or Wasatchian in the NALMA classification.Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...

*†'' Eubaissodes'' Zhang 1992 Laiyang Formation, China, Aptian *†'' Ilerdosphex'' Rasnitsyn 2000 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian *†''

Mesorhopalosoma ''Mesorhopalosoma'' is an extinct genus of wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look ...

'' Darling 1990 Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian *†'' Montsecosphex'' Rasnitsyn and Martínez-Delclòs 2000 La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian *†'' Oryctobaissodes'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian *†''

Paleorhopalosoma ''Paleorhopalosoma'' is an extinct genus of wasps in family Rhopalosomatidae Rhopalosomatidae is a family of Hymenoptera containing about 68 extant species in four genera that are found worldwide. Three fossil genera are known. The adults re ...

'' Nel et al. 2010

Menat Formation The Menat Formation is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleocene. It is a maar deposit located on top of an ancient volcano, the extent is very localised with the outcropping area being around 600 by 1000 ...

, France,

Paleocene The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), E ...

*†'' Pompilopterus'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian/Barremian La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian, Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian,

, North Korea, Aptian *†'' Vitimosphex'' Rasnitsyn 1975 Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian Undescribed specimens are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar.

References

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