Insecta - Hymenoptera - Karatavitidae

Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and H. Zhang. 2010. Early evolution of Apocrita (Insecta, Hymenoptera) as indicated by new findings in the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Northeast China. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(4):834-873

Belongs to Praeratavitoides according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and H. Zhang 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NND2501ab/NIGP 151935ab, an exoskeleton (nearly complete female wasp). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Average measurements (in mm): body 12.1 x 2.9, forewing 8.00 x 3.20, hindwing 5.80 x 2.20, ovipositor length 6.70