Anaxyelidae is a family of incense cedar wood wasps in the order Hymenoptera. It contains only one living genus, Syntexis, which has only a single species, native to Western North America. Fossils of the family extend back to the Middle Jurassic, belonging to over a dozen extinct genera, with a particularly high diversity during the Early Cretaceous. Syntexis lay eggs in the sapwood of conifers, preferring recently burnt wood.
Genera
These genera belong to the family Anaxyelidae:
Taxonomy after
- Subfamily Syntexinae
- Syntexis <small>Rohwer, 1915</small> Western North America, Recent
- â Cretosyntexis <small>Rasnitsyn & Martinez-Delclos, 2000</small> La Pedrera de Rubies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian)
- â Curiosyntexis <small>Kopylov, 2019</small> Ola Formation Russia, Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
- â Daosyntexis <small>Kopylov, Rasnitsyn, Zhang & Zhang, 2020</small> Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- â Dolichosyntexis <small>Kopylov, 2019</small> Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- â Eosyntexis <small>Rasnitsyn, 1990</small> Purbeck Group, United Kingdom, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) La Pedrera de Rubies Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Barremian), Turga Formation, Russia, Aptian, Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
- â Orthosyntexis <small>J. Gao, Engel, Shih, & T. Gao, 2021</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- â Parasyntexis <small>Kopylov, 2019</small> Khasurty, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- â Sclerosyntexis <small>Wang, Ren, Kopylov & Gao, 2020</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
- Subfamily Anaxyelinae
- â Anasyntexis <small>Rasnitsyn, 1968</small> Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)
- â Anaxyela <small>Martynov, 1925</small> Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)
- â Brachysyntexis <small>Rasnitsyn, 1969</small> Daohugou, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian), Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian), Yixian Formation, China, Aptian, Khasurty locality, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- â Dolichostigma <small>Rasnitsyn, 1968</small> Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- â Kempendaja <small>Rasnitsyn, 1968</small> Khaya Formation, Russia, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
- â Kulbastavia <small>Rasnitsyn, 1968</small> Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)
- â Mangus <small>Kopylov, 2019</small> Dzun-Bain Formation, Mongolia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- â Sphenosyntexis <small>Rasnitzyn, 1969</small> Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian)
- â Syntexyela <small>Rasnitsyn, 1968</small> Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian), Yixian Formation, China, Aptian
- â Urosyntexis <small>Rasnitzyn, 1969</small> Karabastau Formation, Middle/Late Jurassic (Callovian-Oxfordian), Khasurty locality, Zaza Formation, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
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