Pelecinidae

Pelecinidae Temporal range: Callovian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pelecinus polyturator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Proctotrupoidea
Family:	Pelecinidae Haliday 1840
Genera
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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]

Taxonomy

• † Ampluspelecinus Uchida, 2024 ^[3] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• † Abropelecinus Feng et al. 2010 ^[4] Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• † Brachypelecinus Guo et al. 2016 ^[5] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• † Henopelecinus Engel and Grimaldi 2006 ^[6] Engel and Grimaldi 2006 New Jersey amber, Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
• † Pelecinopteron Brues 1933 Baltic amber, Eocene
• † Phasmatopelecinus Greenwalt and Engel 2014 Kishenehn Formation, Montana, Eocene (Lutetian)
• † Shoushida Liu et al. 2009 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Stelepelecinus Guo et al. 2016 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Zoropelecinus Engel and Grimaldi 2013 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• † Allopelecinus Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2006 Laiyang Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Archaeopelecinus Shih et al. 2009 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
• † Azygopelecinus Feng et al. 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Cathaypelecinus Shih et al. 2009 Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
• † Eopelecinus Zhang et al. 2002 Tsagaantsav Formation, Mongolia, Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, Jiufotang Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian), Zaza Formation, Russia Early Cretaceous (Aptian), Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) ^[1]
• † Iscopinus Kozlov 1974 Zaza Formation, Russia Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Ola Formation, Russia, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
• † Megapelecinus Shih et al. 2010 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Praescopinus Rasnitsyn 2008, Shar Teeg, Mongolia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
• † Scorpiopelecinus Zhang et al. 2002 Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Zaza Formation, Russia Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Sinopelecinus Zhang et al. 2002 Laiyang Formation, Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Protopelecinus Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004 Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia Early Cretaceous (Aptian), Zaza Formation, Russia Early Cretaceous (Aptian)

References

1. 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. Uchida, Kei (March 2024). "New taxa of Pelecinidae (Hymenoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber of Northern Myanmar". PalZ. 98 (1): 175–190. Bibcode:2024PalZ...98..175U. doi: 10.1007/s12542-023-00663-9 . ISSN   0031-0220.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.