Anaxyelidae

Anaxyelidae is a family of incense cedar wood wasps in the order Hymenoptera. It contains only one living genus, '' Syntexis'', which has only a single species, native to Western North America. Fossils of the family extend back to the Middle Jurassic, belonging to over a dozen extinct genera, with a particularly high diversity during the Early Cretaceous. ''Syntexis'' lay eggs in the sapwood of conifers, preferring recently burnt wood.

Genera

These genera belong to the family Anaxyelidae:

Taxonomy after
* Subfamily Syntexinae:
** '' Syntexis'' Rohwer, 1915 Western North America, Recent
** † '' Cretosyntexis'' Rasnitsyn & Martinez-Delclos, 2000 La Pedrera de Rubies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
** † '' Curiosyntexis'' Kopylov, 2019 Ola Formation Russia, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
** † '' Daosyntexis'' Kopylov, Rasnitsyn, Zhang & Zhang, 2020 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
** † '' Dolichosyntexis'' Kopylov, 2019 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
** † '' Eosyntexis'' Rasnitsyn, 1990 Purbeck Group, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) La Pedrera de Rubies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian), Turga Formation, Russia, Aptian, Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
** † '' Orthosyntexis'' J. Gao, Engel, Shih, & T. Gao, 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
** † '' Parasyntexis'' Kopylov, 2019 Khasurty, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
** † '' Sclerosyntexis'' Wang, Ren, Kopylov & Gao, 2020 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
*Anaxyelinae
** † '' Anasyntexis'' Rasnitsyn, 1968 Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian- Oxfordian)
** † '' Anaxyela'' Martynov, 1925 Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)
**† '' Brachysyntexis'' Rasnitsyn, 1969 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian), Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian), Yixian Formation, China, Aptian, Khasurty, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
** † '' Dolichostigma'' Rasnitsyn, 1968 Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
** † '' Kempendaja'' Rasnitsyn, 1968 Khaya Formation, Russia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
** † '' Kulbastavia'' Rasnitsyn, 1968 Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)
** † '' Mangus'' Kopylov, 2019 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
** † '' Sphenosyntexis'' Rasnitzyn, 1969 Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)
** † '' Syntexyela'' Rasnitsyn, 1968 Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian), Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
** † '' Urosyntexis'' Rasnitzyn, 1969 Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian), Khasurty, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

References

Further reading

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Sawflies
Extant Jurassic first appearances

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