Pelecinidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Proctotrupoidea

Familia: Pelecinidae
Subfamiliae (2): Pelecininae - †Iscopininae
[source: Shih et al. (2010: 875)]
Overview of genera (1 + 17†)

Pelecinus – †Abropelecinus – †Allopelecinus – †Archaeopelecinus – †Azygopelecinus – †Cathaypelecinus – †Eopelecinus – †Henopelecinus – †Iscopinus – †Megapelecinus – †Pelecinopteron – †Phasmatopelecinus – †Praescopinus – †Protopelecinus – †Scorpiopelecinus – †Shoushida – †Sinopelecinus – †Zoropelecinus
Name

Pelecinidae

References

Engel, Michael S., David A. Grimaldi & Jaime Ortega-Blanco. 2013. Zoropelecinus zigrasi, a pelecinid wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae). Novitates Paleoentomologicae(4): 1–10. ZooBank
Feng, H.; Shih, C.; Ren, D.; Liu, C. 2010: New male pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning (China). Geologica carpathica, 61 (6): 463–468.
Greenwalt, D.; Engel, M.S. 2014: A diminutive pelecinid wasp from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation of northwestern Montana (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae). Novitates paleoentomologicae, (8) Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.
Liu, C.; Gao, T.; Shih, C.; Ren, D. 2011: New pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China. Acta geologica sinica - English edition, 85 (4): 749–757. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00480.x
Liu, C.; Shih, C.; Ren, D. 2009: The earliest fossil record of the wasp subfamily Pelecininae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) from the Yixian Formation of China. Zootaxa, 2080: 47–54. Abstract & excerpt
Shih, C.; Feng, H.; Liu, C.; Zhao, Y.; Ren, D. 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
Shih, C.; Liu, C.; Ren, D. 2009: The earliest fossil record of pelecinid wasps (Inseta[Insecta]: Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) from Inner Mongolia, China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 102 (1): 20–38. DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0103 PDF

Pelecinidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the 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

†Abropelecinus Feng et al. 2010[3] Yixian Formation, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
†Brachypelecinus Guo et al. 2016[4] Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
†Henopelecinus Engel and Grimaldi 2006[5] 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

Jouault, Corentin (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.
Shih, Chungkun; Feng, Hua; Liu, Chenxi; Zhao, Yunyun; Ren, Dong (2010-11-01). "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.
Feng, Hua; Shih, Chungkun; Ren, Dong; Liu, Chenxi (2010-12-01). "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 1336-8052.
Guo, Lichao; Shih, Chungkun; Li, Longfeng; Ren, Dong (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.
M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2006. A Diminutive Pelecinid Wasp in Cretaceous Amber from New Jersey (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae). Northeastern Naturalist 13(2):291-297