Khutelchalcididae new placement, 1989

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Khutelchalcididae new placement

Khutelchalcididae Rasnitsyn, Basibuyuk & Quicke, 2004. Type genus: Khutelchalcis Rasnitsyn, Basibuyuk & Quicke, 2004.

Discussion.

Khutelchalcididae was described as a new family of Chalcidoidea from a compression fossil at an estimated age of around the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary ( Rasnitsyn et al. 2004). Gibson et al. (2007) rejected the placement of Khutelchalcididae in Chalcidoidea on the grounds that the position of the mesothoracic spiracle is not in the location that is apomorphic for Chalcidoidea , but is instead in a position similar to that in Serphitidae . We follow the conclusion from Gibson et al. (2007) here, and officially exclude Khutelchalcididae new placement from Chalcidoidea , to be retained in Apocrita as an incertae sedis taxon that is not placed to superfamily.