''Embolemus'' is a genus of

wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...

s belonging to the family

Embolemidae Embolemidae is a family of small solitary parasitoid wasps with around 70 species in 2 genera distributed around the world.van Achterberg, Cornelis & Kats, R.. (2000). Revision of the Palaearctic Embolemidae (Hymenoptera). Zoöl. Med. 74 (2000), ...

. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Achterberg, Cornelis & Kats, R.. (2000). Revision of the Palaearctic Embolemidae (Hymenoptera). Zoöl. Med. 74 (2000), 17: 251-269.), as a few authorities dispute this (e.g.,). The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

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Embolemus africanus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' (Risbec, 1957) * '' Embolemus ambrensis'' Olmi, 2004 * '' Embolemus andersoni'' Olmi, 1998 * '' Embolemus angustipennis'' (Kieffer, 1912) * '' Embolemus apertus'' Azevedo & Amarante, 2005 * ''

Embolemus australis ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' (Olmi, 1996) * ''

Embolemus bestelmeyeri ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Olmi, 1997 * ''

Embolemus boraceia ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Amarante, Brandão & Carpenter, 1999 * '' Embolemus brandaoi'' Azevedo & Amarante, 2005 * ''

Embolemus brothersi ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Olmi, 2006 * '' Embolemus burundensis'' Olmi, 2011 * ''

Embolemus capensis ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Achte ...

'' Olmi, 1998 * ''

Embolemus collinsi ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' (Olmi, 1996) * ''

Embolemus confusus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Achte ...

'' (Ashmead, 1893) * ''

Embolemus dayi ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' (Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014) * '' Embolemus fisheri'' Olmi, 2010 * '' Embolemus gabonensis'' Olmi, 2004 * ''

Embolemus gilli ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' (Olmi, 1998) * ''

Embolemus gressitti ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' (Olmi, 1998) * ''

Embolemus hachijoensis ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' Hirashima & Yamagishi, 1975 * ''

Embolemus harteni ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' Olmi, 1997 * ''

Embolemus honshuensis ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' Olmi, Mita & Guglielmino, 2014 * ''

Embolemus huberi ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' Olmi, 1997 * ''

Embolemus irwini ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' (Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014) * ''

Embolemus kheeli ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' Olmi, 2004 * ''

Embolemus krombeini ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' Olmi, 1996 * ''

Embolemus latus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Azevedo & Amarante, 2005 * ''

Embolemus magnus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' (Olmi, 1996) * ''

Embolemus nearcticus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Achte ...

'' (Brues, 1922) * ''

Embolemus neotropicus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Olmi, 1996 * '' Embolemus nepalensis'' (Olmi, 1998) * ''

Embolemus niger ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' van Achterberg, 2000 * ''

Embolemus notogeicus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Olmi, 1996 * '' Embolemus ogloblini'' Olmi, 1998 * ''

Embolemus olmii ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' van Achterberg & van Kats, 2000 * ''

Embolemus pecki ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Olmi, 1998 * ''

Embolemus poirieri ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' (Olmi, Capradossi & Guglielmino, 2019) * '' Embolemus reticulatus'' van Achterberg, 2000 * '' Embolemus ruddii'' Westwood, 1833 * '' Embolemus sanbornei'' Olmi, 1997 * '' Embolemus schajovskoyi'' (De Santis & Vidal, 1977) * '' Embolemus sensitivus'' Xu, Olmi & Guglielmino, 2012 * ''

Embolemus stangei ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Olmi, 1996 * ''

Embolemus suavis ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' (Olmi, 1998) * ''

Embolemus subtilis ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Achte ...

'' Olmi, 1996 * '' Embolemus tauricus'' Olmi, Belokobylskij & Guglielmino, 2014 * ''

Embolemus viator ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' (Olmi, 2017) * ''

Embolemus villemantae ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Contarini, Olmi, Capradossi & Guglielmino, 2020 * '' Embolemus walkeri'' Richards, 1951 * '' Embolemus wilhelmensis'' Olmi, Marletta & Guglielmino, 2016 * '' Embolemus wilkersoni'' (Olmi, 1998) * ''

Embolemus zealandicus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Ach ...

'' Olmi, 1966

Extinct

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Embolemus antiquus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Embolemus brachypterus'' Olmi et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †''

Embolemus breviscapus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' (Brues, 1922)

Baltic amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ...

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...

* †'' Embolemus burmensis'' Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †''

Embolemus cretacicus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Achte ...

'' Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †''

Embolemus excitus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Perrichot & Engel 2011 Baltic amber, Eocene * †'' Embolemus janzeni'' (Olmi et al., 2014)

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. ...

, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †''

Embolemus micropterus ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Olmi et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †''

Embolemus ohmkuhnlei ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †''

Embolemus perialla ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' (Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011)

Spanish amber Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

Albian The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the youngest or uppermost subdivision of the Early/Lower Cretaceous Epoch/ Series. Its approximate time range is 113.0 ± 1.0 Ma to 100.5 ± ...

* †'' Embolemus quesnoyensis'' (Chény, Guillam, Nel & Perrichot, 2020)

Oise amber Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a departments of France, department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise (river), Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, I ...

, France,

Ypresian In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian Age. The Ypresian i ...

* †'' Embolemus succinalis'' (Brues, 1933)

Rovno amber Rivne amber, occasionally called Ukrainian amber, is amber found in the Rivne Oblast and surrounding regions of Ukraine and Belarus. The amber is dated between Late Eocene and Early Miocene, and suggested to be contemporaneous to Baltic amber. ...

* †''

Embolemus zherikhini ''Embolemus'' is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named ''Ampulicomorpha'' by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of ''Embolemus'' (e.g.,van Acht ...

'' Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

References

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