Sclerogibbidae

The Sclerogibbidae are a small family of aculeate wasps in the superfamily Chrysidoidea.

Overview
Sclerogibbidae are ectoparasitoids of Embioptera. The female wasp oviposits an egg on the abdomen of a host. Once the larva emerges, it attaches itself to its host. After the host is consumed, the larva detaches itself from the carcass and spins a cocoon. While in all modern species, females are wingless (apterous), this is not true for fossil species.

The currently recognised taxa within the family Sclerogibbidae are:


 * subfamily †Sclerogibbodinae
 * genus †Sclerogibbodes Engel & Grimaldi, 2006a Lebanese amber, Barremian
 * subfamily Sclerogibbinae
 * genus Caenosclerogibba Yasumatsu, 1958
 * genus Probethylus Ashmead, 1902
 * genus †Pterosclerogibba Olmi, 2005 Dominican amber, Miocene
 * genus Sclerogibba Riggio & De Stefani-Perez, 1888
 * †Burmasclerogibba Perkovsky et al 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
 * †Chosia Fujiyama 1994 Choshi amber, Japan, Aptian
 * †Cretosclerogibba Perkovsky et al 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
 * †Edrossia Perkovsky et al 2019 Burmese amber, Cenomanian
 * †Gallosclerogibba Perkovsky et al 2019 Charentese amber, France, Cenomanian