Proterosceliopsis

Proterosceliopsis is an extinct genus of platygastroid parasitic wasp, known from the Mid-Cretaceous of Eurasia. The genus was first described in 2014 from the Albian amber of the Escucha Formation.^[1] In 2019 additional species were described from the Cenomanian-age Burmese amber, and was placed into the monotypic family Proterosceliopsidae.^[2]

Proterosceliopsis Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Proterosceliopsis ambulata in multiple views
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Superfamily:	Platygastroidea
Family:	†Proterosceliopsidae Talamas et al, 2019
Genus:	†Proterosceliopsis Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014
Type species
†Proterosceliopsis masneri Ortega-Blanco, McKellar and Engel, 2014
Other species
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Taxonomy

In the initial 2014 description, the genus was placed in the Scelionidae.^[1] However, traditional Scelionidae was found to be polyphyletic in a 2007 study,^[3] which recovered a "main scelionid clade" as monophyletic. In the 2019 study describing the Burmese amber species, it was found to exhibit a unique combination of characters placing it outside both the modified Scelionidae and Platygastridae, thus causing it to be placed in a new family within Platygastroidea.^[2]

Species

• Proterosceliopsis ambulata Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
• Proterosceliopsis masneri Ortega-Blanco et al. 2014 Spanish amber
• Proterosceliopsis nigon Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
• Proterosceliopsis plurima Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
• Proterosceliopsis torquata Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber
• Proterosceliopsis wingerathi Talamas et al. 2019 Burmese amber

Species of Proterosceliopsis

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  Proterosceliopsis plurima
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  Proterosceliopsis plurima
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  Proterosceliopsis plurima
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  Proterosceliopsis torquata
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  Proterosceliopsis torquata
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  Proterosceliopsis wingerathi
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  Proterosceliopsis nigon
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  Proterosceliopsis nigon