Prehistoric Hymenoptera genera

Palaeovespa is an extinct genus of wasp in the Vespidae subfamily Vespinae. The genus currently contains eight species: five from the Priabonian stage Florissant Formation in Colorado, United States, two from the middle Eocene Baltic amber deposits of Europe, and one species from the late Paleocene of France.

Cretevania is an extinct genus of Evaniidae, which lived in what is now China, Burma, England, Lebanon, Mongolia, Russia and Spain during the Cretaceous period. the genus was described by Rasnitsyn in 1975, and the type species is Cretevania minor.

Afromaimetsha robusta is an extinct species of wasp which existed in Botswana during the late Cretaceous period, and the only species in the genus Afromaimetsha.

Xenomorphia is an extinct genus of parasitoid wasp comprising two species: X. resurrecta (the type species) and X. handschini. The generic name is in reference to the parasitic Xenomorph creature starring in the Alien franchise. The wasp's first fossils were discovered in Oligocene (Chattian) aged phosphorite mines located in the former Quercy province of France, the remains of 55 ancient fly (Phoridae) pupae were found preserved with Xenomorphia wasps inside of them, recording a parasitic relationship between the two insects. Along with the two Xenomorphia wasp species, two other new wasp tax

Praeichneumon is an extinct genus of ichneumon wasps from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia and the Russian region of Transbaikalia. It was originally described by Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn in 1983, who also added a second species in 1990. Three new species were described by D. S. Kopylov in 2012.

Caradiophyodus is an extinct genus of minute wasps in the superfamily Platygastroidea within the order Hymenoptera. The genus was described in 2023 by George Poinar Jr. and Fernando E. Vega and placed in the monotypic family Caradiophyodidae and is represented by a single species, Caradiophyodus saradae. The fossil was found in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber from northern Myanmar and represents one of the earliest known records of platygastroid wasps.

Afrapia is an extinct genus of wasp which existed in Botswana during the late Cretaceous period. It contains the species Afrapia globularis and Afrapia variicornis.