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Extinct family of wasps
Serphitidae is a
family of microscopic
parasitic wasps known from the
Cretaceous period.
Taxonomy
This family was described in 1937 by the American entomologist
Charles Thomas Brues to classify a fossil insect caught in an
amber piece from Canada. The species was named
Serphites paradoxus . After that, more genera were described and included in this family, like
Archaeromma and
Distylopus by the Japanese entomologist
Hiroshi Yoshimoto in 1975, from fossils also found in Canadian amber, and
Aposerphites ,
Microserphites and new species of Serphites in 1979 by the Russian entomologist
Mikhail Vasilievich Kozlov and
Alexandr Rasnitsyn , from
Siberian amber.
[1] Serphitidae is placed with another extinct family,
Archaeoserphitidae as members of the superfamily Serphitoidea, Serphitoidea in turn is the sister group of the superfamily
Mymarommatoidea , the only living family of which is
Mymarommatidae . The clade containing both superfamilies is named Bipetiolarida, which is placed within the
Proctotrupomorpha .
[2]
Microserphitinae Engel, 2015
[3]
Leptoserphites Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
Leptoserphites pabloi Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
Leptoserphites irae Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
Serphitinae Brues, 1937
[6]
Aposerphites Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979
†Aposerphites angustus Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Upper Albian, Álava amber,
Escucha Formation , Spain
†Aposerphites solox Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr Amber, Russia
Burserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2021
[7]
†Burserphites applanatus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian,
Burmese amber , Myanmar
†Burserphites myanmarensis Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
Jubaserphites McKellar & Engel, 2011
[8]
†Jubaserphites ethani McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Upper Campanian,
Canadian amber , Grassy Lake locality, Canada
Mesoserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2021
[7]
†Mesoserphites annulus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
†Mesoserphites engeli Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
†Mesoserphites giganteus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
†Mesoserphites scutatus Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
†Mesoserphites viraneacapitis Herbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
Serphites Brues, 1937
†Serphites bruesi McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
†Serphites dux Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr amber, Russia
†Serphites fannyae Engel & Perrichot, 2014 -
Turonian ,
Vendée amber , France
[9]
†Serphites gigas Kozlov and Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr amber, Russia
†Serphites hynemani McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
†Serphites kuzminae McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
†Serphites lamiak Ortega-Blanco et al. , 2011 - Upper Albian, Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
†Serphites naveskinae Engel & Grimaldi, 2011 - Turonian,
New Jersey amber , United States
†Serphites paradoxus Brues, 1937 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
†Serphites pygmaeus McKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
†Serphites raritanensis Engel & Grimaldi, 2011 - Turonian, New Jersey Amber, United States
†Serphites silban Ortega-Blanco et al. , 2011 - Upper Albian, San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
Buserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2022 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar,
B. applanatus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
B. myanmarensis Herbert & McKellar, 2022
Mesoserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2022 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar,
M. annulus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
M. giganteus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
M. engeli Herbert & McKellar, 2022
M. scutatus Herbert & McKellar, 2022
M. viraneacapiti Herbert & McKellar, 2022
Supraserphitinae Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019
[2]
Supraserphites Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019
†Supraserphites draculi Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
†Supraserphites sidorchukae Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
†Supraserphites margritae Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2020 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
†Supraserphites vorontsovi Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2020 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
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^
a
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ISSN
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S2CID
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^ Engel, Michael S. (2015-12-30).
"A new family of primitive serphitoid wasps in Lebanese amber (Hymenoptera: Serphitoidea)" . Novitates Paleoentomologicae (13): 1.
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hdl :
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^
a
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S2CID
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ISSN
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S2CID
84385750 .
^
"The extinct wasp family Serphitidae in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera)" . Paleontological Contributions . 2014-12-01.
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ISSN
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