Serphitidae
Serphitidae is a family of fossil apocritan wasps known from the Middle-Upper Cretaceous of Laurasia.Taxonomy
This family was described in 1937 by the American entomologist Charles Thomas Brues to classify a fossil insect caught in an amber piece from Canada. The species was named Serphites paradoxus. After that, more genera were described and included in this family, like Archaeromma and Distylopus by the Japanese entomologist Hiroshi Yoshimoto in 1975, from fossils also found in Canadian amber, and Aposerphites, Microserphites and new species of Serphites in 1979 by the Russian entomologist Mikhail Vasilievich Kozlov and Alexandr Rasnitsyn, from Siberian amber. Their closest living relatives are the Mymarommatidae. They are presumably parasitic like their close relatives, but their hosts are unknown.
- Microserphitinae Engel 2015
- *Microserphites Kozlov and Rasnitsyn 1979
- **Microserphites parvulus Kozlov and Rasnitsyn 1979 Taimyr Amber, Cenomanian
- **Microserphites soplaensis Ortega-Blanco et al, 2011 El Soplao Amber, Las Penosas Formation, Early Albian
- Serphitinae Brues, 1937
- *Aposerphites Kozlov and Rasnitsyn 1979
- **Aposerphites angustus Ortega-Blanco et al, 2011 Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Upper Albian
- **Aposerphites solox Kozlov and Rasnitsyn 1979 Taimyr Amber, Cenomanian
- *Jubaserphites McKellar and Engel 2011
- **Jubaserphites ethani McKellar and Engel 2011. Canadian amber, Grassy Lake locality, Upper Campanian
- *Serphites Brues, 1937
- ** †Serphites bruesi McKellar and Engel, 2011 Canadian amber, Campanian
- ** †Serphites dux Kozlov and Rasnitsyn, 1979 Taimyr amber, Russia, Cenomanian
- ** †Serphites fannyae Engel and Perrichot, 2014, Vendée amber, France, Turonian
- ** †Serphites gigas Kozlov and Rasnitsyn, 1979 Taimyr amber, Russia, Cenomanian
- ** †Serphites hynemani McKellar and Engel, 2011 Canadian amber, Campanian
- ** †Serphites kuzminae McKellar and Engel, 2011 Canadian amber, Campanian
- ** †Serphites lamiak Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011 Álava amber, Escucha Formation, Upper Albian
- ** †Serphites naveskinae Engel and Grimaldi, 2011 New Jersey amber, Turonian
- ** †Serphites paradoxus Brues, 1937 Canadian amber, Campanian
- ** †Serphites pygmaeus McKellar and Engel, 2011 Canadian amber, Campanian
- ** †Serphites raritanensis Engel and Grimaldi, 2011 New Jersey Amber, Turonian
- ** †Serphites silban Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011 San Just amber, Escucha Formation, Upper Albian
- Supraserphitinae Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018
- *Supraserphites Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018
- **Supraserphites draculi Rasnitsyn and Öhm-Kühnle 2018, Burmese amber, Cenomanian
