Roproniidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, of which only two genera are still extant, the others being fossils. Species are known from Eurasia and North America. At least some living species are known to parasitise the larvae of tenthredinid sawflies.
Extant genera
- Ropronia <small>Provancher, 1887</small> Asia, North America
- Xiphyropronia <small>He & Chen, 1991</small> China
Fossil genera
- â Beipiaosirex <small>Hong, 1983</small> Haifanggou Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian)
- â Jeholoropronia <small>Ren, 1995</small> Yixian Formation, China Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- â Mesohelorus <small>Martynov 1925</small> Haifanggou Formation, China, Middle Jurassic (Callovian), Karabastau Formation, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
- â Mesoropronia <small>Rasnitsyn, 1990</small> Turga, Russia, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- â Paleoropronia <small>Garrouste et al., 2016</small> Menat Formation, France, Paleocene
- â Protohelorus <small>Kozlov 1968</small> Karabastau Formation, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
- âÂÂPhoriostephanus <small>Engel & Huang, 2016</small> Burmese amber, Myanmar, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) (originally assigned to Stephanidae)
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