Roproniidae

Roproniidae Temporal range: Callovian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of Ropronia sp. observed in Illinois
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Proctotrupoidea
Family:	Roproniidae Viereck 1916

Roproniidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, of which only two genera are still extant, the others being fossils. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Species are known from Eurasia and North America. At least some living species are known to parasitise the larvae of tenthredinid sawflies. ^[5]

Extant genera

• Ropronia Provancher, 1887 Asia, North America
• Xiphyropronia He & Chen, 1991 China

Fossil genera

• † Beipiaosirex Hong, 1983 Haifanggou Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
• † Jeholoropronia Ren, 1995 Yixian Formation, China Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Mesohelorus Martynov 1925 Haifanggou Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian), Karabastau Formation, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
• † Mesoropronia Rasnitsyn, 1990 Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• † Paleoropronia Garrouste et al., 2016 Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
• † Protohelorus Kozlov 1968 Karabastau Formation, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
• † Phoriostephanus Engel & Huang, 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) (originally assigned to Stephanidae)

References

1. "Roproniidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
2. "Roproniidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
3. "Family Roproniidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
4. "The Paleobiology Database, family Roproniidae" . Retrieved 2019-05-24.
5. Garrouste, Romain; Pouillon, Jean-Marc; Nel, André (2016-10-25). "The first Cenozoic roproniid wasp from the Paleocene of Menat, France (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea)". European Journal of Taxonomy (239). doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.239. ISSN   2118-9773.