Peleserphidae

Peleserphidae is an extinct family of wasps belonging to the superfamily Proctotrupoidea. It is currently known from four species in three genera. One (Arkadiserphus) from the Middle-Late Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan, and the others (Peleserphus and Peleproctus) from mid Cretaceous Burmese amber from Myanmar.[1][2]

Peleserphidae
Temporal range: Callovian–Cenomanian
Fossil and drawing of Arkadiserphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Superfamily:Proctotrupoidea
Family:Peleserphidae
Zhang, Rasnitsyn, Wang & Zhang, 2018
Genera
  • Arkadiserphus 166-157 million years ago
  • Peleserphus 99 million years ago
  • Peleproctus 100-93 million years ago

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