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(Redirected from Proterosceliopsidae) Extinct genus of insects

Proterosceliopsis
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Proterosceliopsis ambulata in multiple views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Platygastroidea
Family: †Proterosceliopsidae
Talamas et al, 2019
Genus: †Proterosceliopsis
Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014
Type species
†Proterosceliopsis masneri
Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014
Other species

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Proterosceliopsis is an extinct genus of platygastroid parasitic wasp, known from the Mid-Cretaceous of Eurasia. The genus was first described in 2014 from the Albian amber of the Escucha Formation. In 2019 additional species were described from the Cenomanian-age Burmese amber, and was placed into the monotypic family Proterosceliopsidae.

Taxonomy

In the initial 2014 description, the genus was placed in the Scelionidae. However, traditional Scelionidae was found to be polyphyletic in a 2007 study, which recovered a "main scelionid clade" as monophyletic. In the 2019 study describing the Burmese amber species, it was found to exhibit a unique combination of characters placing it outside both the modified Scelionidae and Platygastridae, thus causing it to be placed in a new family within Platygastroidea.

Species

  • Proterosceliopsis ambulata Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
  • Proterosceliopsis masneri Ortega-Blanco et al. 2014 Spanish amber
  • Proterosceliopsis nigon Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
  • Proterosceliopsis plurima Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
  • Proterosceliopsis torquata Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
  • Proterosceliopsis wingerathi Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
Species of Proterosceliopsis
  • Proterosceliopsis plurima Proterosceliopsis plurima
  • Proterosceliopsis plurima Proterosceliopsis plurima
  • Proterosceliopsis plurima Proterosceliopsis plurima
  • Proterosceliopsis torquata Proterosceliopsis torquata
  • Proterosceliopsis torquata Proterosceliopsis torquata
  • Proterosceliopsis wingerathi Proterosceliopsis wingerathi
  • Proterosceliopsis nigon Proterosceliopsis nigon
  • Proterosceliopsis nigon Proterosceliopsis nigon

References

  1. ^ Ortega-Blanco, J.; McKellar, R.C.; Engel, M.S. (2014-06-09). "Diverse scelionid wasps in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea)". Bulletin of Geosciences: 553–571. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1463. ISSN 1802-8225.
  2. ^ Talamas, Elijah J.; Johnson, Norman F.; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong (2019-11-18). "Proterosceliopsidae: A new family of Platygastroidea from Cretaceous amber". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 73: 3–38. doi:10.3897/jhr.73.32256. ISSN 1314-2607.
  3. Murphy, Nicholas P.; Carey, Danielle; Castro, Lyda R.; Dowton, Mark; Austin, Andrew D. (2007-08-06). "Phylogeny of the platygastroid wasps (Hymenoptera) based on sequences from the 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase I genes: implications for the evolution of the ovipositor system and host relationships: PHYLOGENY OF THE PLATYGASTROID WASPS". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 91 (4): 653–669. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00825.x.
Taxon identifiers
Proterosceliopsis
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