''Cretevania'' is an

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of Evaniidae, which lived in what is now China, Burma, England, Lebanon, Mongolia, Russia and Spain during the

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period. the genus was described by Rasnitsyn in 1975, and the

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is ''Cretevania minor''.

Species

* ''Cretevania alcalai'' Peñalver et al.,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

* ''Cretevania alonsoi'' Peñalver et al., 2010 * ''Cretevania bechlyi'' Jennings, Krogmann & Mew,

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

* ''Cretevania concordia'' Rasnitsyn, Jarzembowski & Ross,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

* ''Cretevania cyrtocerca'' (Deans, 2004) Peñalver et al., 2010 * ''Cretevania exquisita'' (Zhang, Rasnitsyn, Wang & Zhang,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

) Peñalver et al., 2010 * ''Cretevania major'' Rasnitsyn,

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

* ''Cretevania meridionalis'' Rasnitsyn,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

* ''Cretevania minor'' Rasnitsyn, 1975 (

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) * ''Cretevania minuta'' Rasnitsyn, 1975 * ''Cretevania montoyai'' Peñalver et al., 2010 * ''Cretevania pristina'' (Zhang & Zhang, 2000) Peñalver et al., 2010 * ''Cretevania rubusensis'' Peñalver et al., 2010 * ''Cretevania tenuis'' Li et al.,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* ''Cretevania venae'' Li et al., 2018 * ''Cretevania vesca'' (Zhang et al., 2007) Peñalver et al., 2010

Phylogeny

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after Peñalver et al. (2010).

References

Evanioidea Fossil taxa described in 2010 Cretaceous insects of Asia Cretaceous insects of Europe Prehistoric Hymenoptera genera {{Cretaceous-insect-stub