Three New Species of Aulacidae (Hymenoptera) from Brazil

Phylogeny of Evanioidea (Hymenoptera, Apocrita), with descriptions of new Mesozoic species from China and Myanmar

“…Recently, based on an analysis of data by Rasnitsyn (), it has been suggested that the Gasteruptiidae comprise four subfamilies: (i) Gasteruptiinae Kirby with about 500 species distributed globally (Crosskey, ; Rasnitsyn, ; Jennings & Austin, ; Macedo, ; Zhao et al ., ), consisting of two genera Gasteruption Latreille and Hyptiogaster Kieffer (= Hyptiogastrini); (ii) Bassinae Rasnitsyn have five genera ( Baissa Rasnitsyn, Manlaya Rasnitsyn, Humiryssus Lin, Mesepipolaea Zhang & Rasnitsyn, and Electrobaissa Engel), all from the Cretaceous Period; (iii) Kotujellitinae Rasnitsyn, comprising three genera ( Kotujellites Rasnitsyn, Hyptiogastrites Cockerell, and Kotujisca Rasnitsyn, from the Early Cretaceous); and (iv) Aulacinae Shuckard, consisting of more than 221 extant species belonging to genera Aulacus Jurine and Pristaulacus Kieffer (including the former Panaulix Benoit), all species of which are distributed in zoogeographic regions, except Antarctica (Kieffer, ; Hedicke, ; Smith, , , b, ; He et al ., ; Turrisi, , , , b, ; Jennings et al ., , b, c; Jennings & Austin, ; Sun & Sheng, , b; Turrisi et al ., ; Smith & Vilela de Carvalho, ). In addition, the fossil genus Vectevania Cockerell is tentatively assigned to the subfamily of Aulacinae, from the uppermost Eocene of the Bembridge Marls of England (Rasnitsyn, ).…”

“…This family comprises more than 221 extant species belonging to the two genera of Aulacus Jurine and Pristaulacus Kieffer (= Panaulix Benoit). Aulacid species are distributed in all zoogeographical regions, except Antarctica (Kieffer, ; Hedicke, ; Smith, , , b, ; He et al ., ; Jennings et al ., , b, ; Turrisi, , , Turrisi, , b, Turrisi, ; Jennings & Austin, ; Sun & Sheng, , b; Turrisi et al ., , Turrisi, ; Smith & Vilela de Carvalho, ). Unfortunately, Aulacidae have a rare fossil record with only four genera of Aulacus , Exilaulacus , Pristaulacus and Vectevania represented, with ten species occurring from the Late Cretaceous to the Cenozoic (Appendix S1).…”

Systematic revision and phylogeny of the endemic southeastern Asian Pristaulacus comptipennis species group (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)

“…Aulacidae comprises 228 extant species belonging to two genera (Turrisi et al 2009): Aulacus Jurine 1807, with 76 species and Pristaulacus Kieffer 1900(including the former Panaulix Benoit 1984, with 152 species. Both genera are represented in all zoogeographic regions, except Antarctica and Aulacus not known from Afrotropics (Kieffer 1912;Hedicke 1939;Smith 2001Smith , 2005aSmith , 2005bSmith , 2008He et al 2002;Jennings et al 2004aJennings et al , 2004bJennings et al , 2004cTurrisi 2004Turrisi , 2005Turrisi , 2006Turrisi , 2007Turrisi , 2011Jennings & Austin 2006;Sun & Sheng 2007a, 2007bTurrisi et al, 2009;Smith & Vilela de Carvalho 2010;Turrisi & Konishi 2011;Turrisi & Watanabe 2011). Aulacidae have a fairly good fossil record, with 37 described species (Nel et al 2004;Jennings & Krogmann 2009).…”

A revision of the Chinese Aulacidae (Hymenoptera, Evanioidea)

“…Aulacidae (Evanioidea) are a small cosmopolitan family, with two extant genera, containing 247 recognized species: Aulacus Jurine, 1807, with 77 species, and Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900, with 170 species (Smith 2001, 2005a, 2005b, 2008; Jennings and Austin 2006; Turrisi et al 2009; Smith and Carvalho 2010; Turrisi and Konishi 2011; Turrisi and Watanabe 2011; Turrisi 2013a, 2014; Turrisi and Madl 2013; Watanabe et al 2013; Sundukov and Lelej 2015). Both genera occur in all zoogeographic regions, except Antarctica, although Aulacus is not known from the Afrotropics (Kieffer 1912; Hedicke 1939; Smith 2001; Turrisi 2004; Turrisi 2006; Turrisi et al 2009).…”