Praeaulacidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic parasitic wasps in the suborder Evanioidea. It among the earliest known families of the group and is characterised by more complete wing venation in comparison to other members of the suborder.[1] It has been found that Othniodellithidae is nested within Praeaulacidae via cladistic analysis.[2]

Praeaulacidae
Temporal range: Callovian–Cenomanian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Evanioidea
Family: Praeaulacidae
Rasnitsyn 1972
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Taxonomy according to Jouault et al, 2020[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jouault, Corentin; Nel, André; Perrichot, Vincent (June 2020). "New evanioid wasps (Hymenoptera: Praeaulacidae, Aulacidae) from Cenomanian Burmese amber". Cretaceous Research. 110: 104407. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104407.
  2. ^ a b Jouault, Corentin; Maréchal, Arthur; Condamine, Fabien L; Wang, Bo; Nel, André; Legendre, Frédéric; Perrichot, Vincent (2021-07-13). "Including fossils in phylogeny: a glimpse into the evolution of the superfamily Evanioidea (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) under tip-dating and the fossilized birth–death process". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab034. ISSN 0024-4082.