Elektroepyris

{{Short description|Extinct genus of wasps}}

{{Taxobox

| name = Elektroepyris

| image = Elektroepyris magnificus holotype MNHN.F.A30298 dorsal.jpg

| image_caption =

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Hymenoptera

| familia = Bethylidae

| genus = {{extinct}}Elektroepyris

| genus_authority = Perrichot & Nel, 2008

| species = {{extinct}}E. magnificus

| binomial = {{extinct}}Elektroepyris magnificus

| binomial_authority = Perrichot & Nel, 2008

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|55.8|48.6}}

| subfamilia = Epyrinae

}}

Elektroepyris is an extinct genus of wasp within the family Bethylidae containing a single species, Elektroepyris magnificus.{{Cite web |title=Elektroepyris magnificus Perrichot & Nel, 2008 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/8564898 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}} It lived in the lower Eocene, with the type locality being from the Oise amber, Le Quesnoy located in France.{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Elektroepyris magnificus |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=276455 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=Paleobiology Database}}{{Cite web |title=The oldest representative of the extant genus Epyris in the Lowermost Eocene amber of France |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/pe/article/view/palaeoentomology.1.1.3 |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=www.biotaxa.org}}