Gasteruptiidae
Sign in to savethumb|250px|right|An Australian species in flight The Gasteruptiidae are one of the more distinctive families among the apocritan wasps, with surprisingly little variation in appearance for a group that contains around 500 species in two subfamilies (Gasteruptiinae and Hyptiogastrinae) and with six genera worldwide. They are members of Evanioidea.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyGasteruptiidae
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thumb|250px|right|An Australian species in flight The Gasteruptiidae are one of the more distinctive families among the apocritan wasps, with surprisingly little variation in appearance for a group that contains around 500 species in two subfamilies (Gasteruptiinae and Hyptiogastrinae) and with six genera worldwide. They are members of Evanioidea.
== Genera == This family includes the following genera in two subfamilies: Gasteruptiinae Ashmead, 1900 Gasteruption Latreille, 1777 Plutofoenus Kieffer, 1911 Spinolafoenus Macedo, 2009 Trilobitofoenus Macedo, 2009 Hyptiogastrinae Hyptiogaster Kieffer, 1903 Pseudofoenus Kieffer, 1902 Several fossil species are also known: Hypselogastriinae Hypselogastrion Engel & Wang, 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, mid Cretaceous (latest Albian - earliest Cenomanian) Kotujellitinae †Kotujellites Rasnitsyn 1990 Taimyr amber, Russia Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) †Kotujisca Rasnitsyn 1991 Andaikhudag Formation, Mongolia, Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian)