Most of arthropod biodiversity is unknown to science. Consequently, it has been unclear
whether insect communities around the world are dominated by the same or different taxa …

Abstract The fossil Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) are reviewed. Keys to the
genera and species of this family are presented. Five new species of Embolemus are …

The world fauna of the flat wasps (Bethylidae) is represented by about 3,000 valid species.
The skeletal morphology of bethylids is still not adequately understood and the terminology …

Species of four chrysidoid families, Bethylidae, Dryinidae, Embolemidae, and
Sclerogibbidae that occurred in Iran are reviewed. A total of 54 species within 27 genera …

Three species of chrysidoid wasps, Palaeobethylus longicollis (Chrysididae), Dryinus
wunderlichi and D. reifi (Dryinidae) are recorded for the first time for Rovno amber from the …

The subfamily Epyrinae is the most common in the bethylid fossil record. Its geological
history ranges from the Eocene to the Pleistocene, and it is the only subfamily that has no …

We apply integrative taxonomy to solve a historical taxonomic impasse in a flat wasp group
(Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). The phylogeny of Epyrinae is inferred with parsimony analyses …

An updated revision of Afrotropical Dryinidae is presented. Nine subfamilies, 23 genera and
430 species (including 60 new species) are treated. Six new species-level synonymies and …

The flat wasps Bethylidae are a cosmopolitan family of aculeate ectoparasitoid of
Coleoptera and Lepidoptera larvae. There are only 73 fossil species so far. Here, we …

A new species of pincer wasps, Bocchus schmalhauseni sp. nov.(Dryinidae) is described
from Rovno amber (Ukraine). The amber piece was collected in the Vladimirets District in the …