2021/04/23 by Corentin Jouault, Arthur Maréchal, Fabien L. Condamine +6 · 39 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Biology #Clade #Evolutionary biology #Fossil Insects in Amber #Hymenoptera #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Monophyly #Paleontology #Paraphyly #Phylogenetics #Plant and animal studies #SUPERFAMILY #Zoology
paper · doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab034
published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(4), 1396-1423 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2021/04/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract Using a fossilized birth–death model, a new phylogeny of the superfamily Evanioidea (including ensign wasps, nightshade wasps and hatchet wasps) is proposed, with estimates of divergence times for its constitutive families and for corroborating the monophyly of Evanioidea. Additionally, our Bayesian analyses demonstrate the monophyly of †Anomopterellidae, †Othniodellithidae, †Andreneliidae, Aulacidae, Gasteruptiida and Evaniidae, whereas †Praeaulacidae and †Baissidae appear to be paraphyletic. Vectevania vetula and Hyptiogastrites electrinus are transferred to Aulacidae. We estimate the divergence time of Evanioidea to be in the Late Triassic (~203 Mya). Additionally, three new othniodellithid wasps are described and figured from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber as the new genus Keratodellitha, with three new species: Keratodellitha anubis sp. nov., Keratodellitha basilisci sp. nov. and Keratodellitha kirin sp. nov. We also document a temporal shift in relative species richness between Ichneumonoidea and Evanioidea.