Serphitidae

Serphitidae Temporal range: Barremian–Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Apocrita
Infraorder:	Proctotrupomorpha
Superfamily:	† Serphitoidea
Family:	† Serphitidae Brues, 1937
Subfamilies
See below

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]
  • Microserphites Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979 ^[4]
    • †Microserphites parvulusKozlov and Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr Amber, Russia
    • †Microserphites soplaensisOrtega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Early Albian, Spanish amber (El Soplao Amber), Las Penosas Formation, Spain ^[5]
    • Microserphites libanensisRasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
• Leptoserphites Rasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
  • Leptoserphites pabloiRasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
  • Leptoserphites iraeRasnitsyn et al. 2022 Barremian, Lebanese amber
• Serphitinae Brues, 1937 ^[6]
  • Aposerphites Kozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979
    • †Aposerphites angustusOrtega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Upper Albian, Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
    • †Aposerphites soloxKozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr Amber, Russia
  • Burserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2021 ^[7]
    • †Burserphites applanatusHerbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Burserphites myanmarensisHerbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
  • Jubaserphites McKellar & Engel, 2011 ^[8]
    • †Jubaserphites ethaniMcKellar & Engel, 2011 - Upper Campanian, Canadian amber, Grassy Lake locality, Canada
  • Mesoserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2021 ^[7]
    • †Mesoserphites annulusHerbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Mesoserphites engeliHerbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Mesoserphites giganteusHerbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Mesoserphites scutatusHerbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Mesoserphites viraneacapitisHerbert & McKellar, 2021 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
  • Serphites Brues, 1937
    • †Serphites bruesiMcKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
    • †Serphites duxKozlov & Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr amber, Russia
    • †Serphites fannyaeEngel & Perrichot, 2014 - Turonian, Vendée amber, France ^[9]
    • †Serphites gigasKozlov and Rasnitsyn, 1979 - Cenomanian, Taimyr amber, Russia
    • †Serphites hynemaniMcKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
    • †Serphites kuzminaeMcKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
    • †Serphites lamiakOrtega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Upper Albian, Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
    • †Serphites naveskinaeEngel & Grimaldi, 2011 - Turonian, New Jersey amber, United States
    • †Serphites paradoxusBrues, 1937 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
    • †Serphites pygmaeusMcKellar & Engel, 2011 - Campanian, Canadian amber, Canada
    • †Serphites raritanensisEngel & Grimaldi, 2011 - Turonian, New Jersey Amber, United States
    • †Serphites silbanOrtega-Blanco et al., 2011 - Upper Albian, San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Spain
  • Buserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2022 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar,
    • B. applanatusHerbert & McKellar, 2022
    • B. myanmarensisHerbert & McKellar, 2022
  • Mesoserphites Herbert & McKellar, 2022 Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar,
    • M. annulusHerbert & McKellar, 2022
    • M. giganteusHerbert & McKellar, 2022
    • M. engeliHerbert & McKellar, 2022
    • M. scutatusHerbert & McKellar, 2022
    • M. viraneacapitiHerbert & McKellar, 2022
• Supraserphitinae Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 ^[2]
  • Supraserphites Rasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019
    • †Supraserphites draculiRasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Supraserphites sidorchukaeRasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2019 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Supraserphites margritaeRasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2020 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar
    • †Supraserphites vorontsoviRasnitsyn & Öhm-Kühnle, 2020 - Cenomanian, Burmese amber, Myanmar

References

1. George O. Poinar (1992). Stanford University Press (ed.). Life in amber. p. 350. ISBN   0804720010 . Retrieved 13 August 2010.
2. Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P.; Öhm-Kühnle, Christoph (July 2019). "New serphitoid wasp Supraserphites draculi gen. et sp. nov. in Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Serphitidae: Supraserphitinae)" . Cretaceous Research. 99: 46–50. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.12.006. ISSN   0195-6671. S2CID   135340208.
3. Engel, Michael S. (2015-12-30). "A new family of primitive serphitoid wasps in Lebanese amber (Hymenoptera: Serphitoidea)". Novitates Paleoentomologicae (13): 1. doi: 10.17161/np.v0i13.5064 . hdl: 1808/20608 . ISSN   2329-5880.
4. M. A. Kozlov and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1979. Ob ob'yeme semeystva Serphitidae (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie57:402-416
5. Ortega-Blanco, Jaime; Delclòs, Xavier; Peñalver, Enrique; Engel, Michael S. (April 2011). "Serphitid wasps in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Serphitidae)". Cretaceous Research. 32 (2): 143–154. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.11.004.
6. C. T. Brues. 1937. Superfamilies Ichneumonoidea, Serphoidea, and Chalcidoidea, in Insects and arachnids from Canadian amber. University of Toronto Studies in Geology40:27-44
7. Herbert, Mélanie C.M.; McKellar, Ryan C. (30 October 2021). "New genera Buserphites and Mesoserphites (Hymenoptera: Serphitidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 130: 105025. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105025. ISSN   0195-6671. S2CID   240331883.
8. McKellar, R.; Engel, M. (2010-12-01). "The serphitid wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupo-morpha: Serphitoidea) of Canadian Cretaceous amber" . Systematic Entomology. 36 (1): 192–208. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00559.x. ISSN   0307-6970. S2CID   84385750.
9. "The extinct wasp family Serphitidae in Late Cretaceous Vendean amber (Hymenoptera)". Paleontological Contributions. 2014-12-01. doi: 10.17161/pc.1808.15990 . hdl: 1808/15990 . ISSN   1946-0279.