Pelecinidae

Summary

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.[1] Members of Pelecinus are parasitic on larval beetles, flies, green lacewings, and sawflies.[2]

Pelecinidae
Temporal range: Callovian–Recent
Pelecinus polyturator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Proctotrupoidea
Family: PelecinidaeHaliday 1840 Genera See text Taxonomy edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Corentin Jouault (January 2021). "Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera, Pelecinidae) support the hypothesis of an Asian origin of the family". Annales de Paléontologie. 107 (1): 102464. doi:10.1016/J.ANNPAL.2020.102464. ISSN 0753-3969. Wikidata Q110667641.
  2. ^ Chungkun Shih; Hua Feng; Chenxi Liu; Yunyun Zhao; Dong Ren (1 November 2010). "Morphology, Phylogeny, Evolution, and Dispersal of Pelecinid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae) Over 165 Million Years". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 103 (6): 875–885. doi:10.1603/AN09043. ISSN 0013-8746. Wikidata Q54600738.
  3. ^ Hua Feng; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren; Chenxi Liu (1 December 2010). "New male pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning (China)". Geologica Carpathica. 61 (6): 463–468. doi:10.2478/V10096-010-0028-X. ISSN 1335-0552. Wikidata Q60164354.
  4. ^ Lichao Guo; Chungkun Shih; Longfeng Li; Dong Ren (December 2016). "New pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Myanmar amber". Cretaceous Research. 67: 84–90. doi:10.1016/J.CRETRES.2016.07.003. ISSN 0195-6671. Wikidata Q56697861.
  5. ^ Michael S. Engel; David A. Grimaldi (June 2006). "A Diminutive Pelecinid Wasp in Cretaceous Amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae)". Northeastern Naturalist. 13 (2): 291–297. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[291:ADPWIC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1092-6194. Wikidata Q54610857.