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Angarosphecidae

Extinct family of insects From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Angarosphecidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic and early Cenozoic wasps in the superfamily Apoidea.

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Taxonomy

  • Angarosphex Rasnitsyn, 1975 (synonyms Calobaissodes Zhang, 1992, Mataeosphex Zhang, 1985, Palaeapis Hong, 1984, Shandongodes Zhang, 1985
  • Archisphex Evans, 1969 (synonyms Cretosphex Rasnitsyn, 1975)
    • Ar. boothi Jarzembowski, 1991
    • Ar. catalunicus Ansorge, 1993
    • Ar. crowsoni Evans, 1969
    • Ar. curvus Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
    • Ar. incertus Rasnitsyn, 1975
    • Ar. proximus Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
  • Baissodes Rasnitsyn, 1975 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian Yixian Formation, China, Aptian Gurvan-Eren Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian
    • B. grabaui Ren, 1995
    • B. longus Rasnitsyn, 1986
    • B. magnus Rasnitsyn, 1975
    • B. robustus Rasnitsyn, 1975
  • Cretobestiola Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 2000 (synonym Bestiola Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 1999) La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian Crato Formation, Brazil, Aptian, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Aptian Zaza Formation, Argun Formation, Russia, Aptian
    • Cb. communis Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 1999
    • Cb. hispanica Martínez-Delclòs & Rasnitsyn, 1999
    • Cb. subpetiolata Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 1999
    • Cb. tenuipes Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 1999
  • Cretosphecium Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 2000
    • Cs. lobatum Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 2000 - Aptian, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia
    • Cs. triste Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 2000 - Aptian, Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia
  • Eosphecium Pulawski & Rasnitsyn, 2000
  • Eubaissodes Zhang, 1992
    • Eu. completus Zhang, 1992 - Aptian, Laiyang Formation, China
  • Ilerdosphex Rasnitsyn, 2000
    • I. wenzae Rasnitsyn, 2000 - Barremian, La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain
  • Mesorhopalosoma Darling, 1990
    • Me. cearae Darling, 1990 - Aptian, Crato Formation, Brazil
  • Montsecosphex Rasnitsyn & Martínez-Delclòs, 2000
    • Mo. jarzembowskii Rasnitsyn & Martínez-Delclòs, 2000 - Barremian, La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain
  • Oryctobaissodes Rasnitsyn, 1975
    • O. armatus Rasnitsyn, 1975 - Aptian, Zaza Formation, Russia,
  • Paleorhopalosoma Nel et al., 2010
  • Pompilopterus Rasnitsyn, 1975 Weald Clay, United Kingdom, Hauterivian/Barremian La Pedrera de Rúbies Formation, Spain, Barremian, Zaza Formation, Russia, Aptian, Sinuiju Formation, North Korea, Aptian
    • Po. ciliatus Rasnitsyn, 1975
    • Po. corpus Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
    • Po. difficilis Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
    • Po. keymerensis Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
    • Po. leei Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
    • Po. montsecensis Rasnitsyn, 2000
    • Po. noguerensis Rasnitsyn & Martínez-Delclòs, 2000
    • Po. ryonsangensis So & Won, 2021
    • Po. sinuijuensis Ri et al., 2022
    • Po. wimbledoni Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
    • Po. worssami Rasnitsyn & Jarzembowski, 1998
  • Trichobaissodes Rasnitsyn, 1975
    • T. antennatus Rasnitsyn, 1975 - Aptian, Zaza Formation, Russia
  • Vitimosphex Rasnitsyn, 1975
    • V. incompletus Rasnitsyn, 1975 - Aptian, Zaza Formation, Russia
    • V. vividus Zhang et al., 2018 - Yixian Formation, China

Undescribed specimens are known from the Cenomanian aged Burmese amber of Myanmar,[2] and several of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands sites. Fossils identified as Eosphecium sp. have been reported from the Driftwood shales, Tranquille Formation, and Klondike Mountain Formation. Additional angarosphecid specimens are reported from the Tranquille and Republic sites plus the Allenby Formation that are not 'Eosphecium.[3] Burmasphex Melo and Rosa (2018) and Decasphex Zheng et al (2020), originally assigned to this family, were subsequently moved to the separate apoid family Burmasphecidae.[1]

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