Sclerogibbidae

The Sclerogibbidae are a small family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea.

Overview

Sclerogibbidae are ectoparasitoids of Embioptera. The female wasp oviposits an egg on the abdomen of a host. Once the larva emerges, it attaches itself to its host. After the host is consumed, the larva detaches itself from the carcass and spins a cocoon. While in all modern species, females are wingless (apterous), this is not true for fossil species.

The currently recognised taxa within the family Sclerogibbidae are:

• subfamily †Sclerogibbodinae
• genus †Sclerogibbodes Engel & Grimaldi, 2006a Lebanese amber, Barremian
• subfamily Sclerogibbinae
• genus Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu, 1958
• genus Probethylus Ashmead, 1902
• genus †Pterosclerogibba Olmi, 2005 Dominican amber, Miocene
• genus Sclerogibba Riggio & De Stefani-Perez, 1888
• †Burmasclerogibba Perkovsky et al 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
• †Chosia Fujiyama 1994 Choshi amber, Japan, Aptian
• †Cretosclerogibba Perkovsky et al 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
• †Edrossia Perkovsky et al 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
• †Gallosclerogibba Perkovsky et al 2019 Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian

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