Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

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 …

Within Metazoa, it has been proposed that as many as two-thirds of all species are parasitic.
This propensity towards parasitism is also reflected within insects, where several lineages …

Fossils provide unique opportunity to understand the tempo and mode of evolution and are
essential for modeling the history of lineage diversification. Here, we interrogate the …

Bayesian analysis of morphological data is becoming increasingly popular mainly (but not
only) because it allows for time-calibrated phylogenetic inference using relaxed …

Springtails (Hexapoda: Entognatha: Collembola) extend into at least the Early Devonian, but
have a meagre record as fossils until the latter part of the Mesozoic. Here, we document a …

Hymenoptera is the fourth-most diverse insect order today, including wasps, bees,
bumblebees, and ants. They show a wide panoply of modes of life, such as herbivory …

The chrysidoid wasps are one of the main groups of aculeate parasitoid hymenopterans.
Many of its constituent families are relatively well represented in the fossil record, being …

In the present contribution we revise the fauna of the wasp family Scolebythidae found in
mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, with the following new taxa being proposed:† …

Scolebythidae constitute the smallest family of Aculeata in number of extant species, but with
a considerable diversity of extinct lineages. Twenty Cretaceous species are attributed to the …