Karatavitidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Superfamily: | †Karatavitoidea |
| Family: | †Karatavitidae Rasnitsyn, 1963 |
Karatavitidae is an extinct family of sawflies, known from the Jurassic period, they are the only members of the superfamily Karatavitoidea. While once proposed to be grouped with the Orussoidea in the infraorder Orussomorpha, they are now considered to be the closest relatives of clade containing Orussoidea and Apocrita.[1] There are about 7 genera in Karatavitidae.[2][3][4][5]
Genera
These seven genera belong to the family Karatavitidae:
- † Grimmaratavites Rasnitsyn, Ansorge & Zhang, 2006 Green Series, Germany, Early Jurassic (Toarcian)
- † Daohugou, China, Callovian
- † Postxiphydria Rasnitsyn & Zhang, 2010 Karabastau Formation Kazakhstan, Middle-Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian)
- † Postxiphydroides Rasnitsyn & Zhang, 2010 Daohugou, China, Callovian
- † Praeparyssites Rasnitsyn, Ansorge & Zhang, 2006 Daohugou, China, Callovian
- † Praeratavites Rasnitsyn, Ansorge & Zhang, 2006 Daohugou, China, Callovian
- † Praeratavitoides Rasnitsyn & Zhang, 2010 Daohugou, China, Callovian
References
- S2CID 219039881.
- ^ "Karatavitidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database, family Karatavitidae". Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Taeger, A.; Liston, A.D.; Prous, M.; Groll, E.K.; et al. (2018). "ECatSym – Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera)". Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Müncheberg. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
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Aguiar, A.P.; Deans, A.R.; Engel, M.S.; Forshage, M.; et al. (2013). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 1–82. PMID 26146682.
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