''Khutelchalcis'' is an extinct genus of
apocrita
Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. It includes wasps, bees, and ants, and consists of many families. It contains the most advanced hymenopterans and is distinguished from Symphyta by the narrow "waist" ( petiole) formed ...
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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 ...
, it is the only member of the family Khutelchalcididae.
It is only known from a single species, (''Khutelchalcis gobiensis'') described from the Early Cretaceous
Tsagaantsav Formation of Mongolia.
[A. P. Rasnitsyn, H. H. Basibuyuk, and D. L. J. Quicke. 2004. A basal chalcidoid (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from the earliest Cretaceous or latest Jurassic of Mongolia. ''Insect Systematics & Evolution'' 35:123-135]
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Prehistoric Hymenoptera genera
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Monotypic prehistoric insect genera
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