Karatavitidae

Karatavitidae is an extinct family of sawflies, known from the Jurassic period, they are the only members of the superfamily Karatavitoidea. While once proposed to be grouped with the Orussoidea in the infraorder Orussomorpha, they are now considered to be the closest relatives of clade containing Orussoidea and Apocrita.^[1] There are about 7 genera in Karatavitidae.^[2][3][4][5]

Karatavitidae Temporal range: Pliensbachian–Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	†Karatavitoidea
Family:	†Karatavitidae Rasnitsyn, 1963

Genera

These seven genera belong to the family Karatavitidae:

• † Grimmaratavites Rasnitsyn, Ansorge & Zhang, 2006 Green Series, Germany, Early Jurassic (Toarcian)
• † Karatavites Rasnitsyn, 1963 Karabastau Formation Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian), Daohugou, China, Callovian
• † Postxiphydria Rasnitsyn & Zhang, 2010 Karabastau Formation Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
• † Postxiphydroides Rasnitsyn & Zhang, 2010 Daohugou, China, Callovian
• † Praeparyssites Rasnitsyn, Ansorge & Zhang, 2006 Daohugou, China, Callovian
• † Praeratavites Rasnitsyn, Ansorge & Zhang, 2006 Daohugou, China, Callovian
• † Praeratavitoides Rasnitsyn & Zhang, 2010 Daohugou, China, Callovian