Spathiopterygidae Temporal range:
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Specimen of Spathiopteryx soosi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Superfamily: | Diaprioidea |
Family: | †Spathiopterygidae Engel & Ortega-Blanco in Engel, Ortega-Blanca, Soriano, Grimaldi & Martinez-Delclos, 2013 |
Genera | |
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Spathiopterygidae is an extinct family of small parasitic wasps, known from the Cretaceous (Barremian to Santonian) of Laurasia and Northern Gondwana.[1][2] They are suggested to be members of Diaprioidea, in part due to their similarly reduced wing venation. Some members of the group reduced or lost the hindwings entirely.[3]