Panguidae
Temporal range: Latest Albian - earliest Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Family: †Panguidae
Li, Rasnitsyn, Shih & Ren, 2019
Genera
  • Pangu
  • Prosphex?
Prosphex anthophilos a possible member of Panguidae

Panguidae is an extinct family of aculeate wasps, known exclusively from the mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian) Burmese amber of Myanmar. The family was initially named for the genus Pangu. The genus Prosphex, originally considered incertae sedis, was suggested to be a member of the family in a later publication. Their relationships with other aculates are uncertain, and they are considered to be the only members of the superfamily Panguoidea.[1][2] A specimen of Prosphex was observed with a substantial amount of angiosperm pollen near and within its mouth, implying that it was pollenivorous, and acted as a pollinator for flowering plants.[3] However, other later publications have placed Prosphex outside of Panguidae.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Li, Longfeng; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P.; Shih, Chungkun; Li, Daqing; Ren, Dong (November 2020). "A new species and diagnostic characters for Panguidae (Hymenoptera, Panguoidea)". Cretaceous Research. 115: 104563. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104563. S2CID 225637441.
  2. ↑ Li, Longfeng; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P.; Shih, Chungkun; Li, Daqing; Ren, Dong (May 2020). "Two new rare wasps (Hymenoptera: Apocrita: Panguidae and Burmusculidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Northern Myanmar". Cretaceous Research. 109: 104220. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104220. S2CID 202186158.
  3. ↑ Grimaldi, David A.; Peñalver, Enrique; Barrón, Eduardo; Herhold, Hollister W.; Engel, Michael S. (December 2019). "Direct evidence for eudicot pollen-feeding in a Cretaceous stinging wasp (Angiospermae; Hymenoptera, Aculeata) preserved in Burmese amber". Communications Biology. 2 (1): 408. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0652-7. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 6838090. PMID 31728419.
  4. ↑ Barden, Phillip; Engel, Michael S. (2022-09-22). "The vision of David Grimaldi". Palaeoentomology. 5 (5). doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.1. ISSN 2624-2834.
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