†Archexyela crosbyi Riek 1955 (sawfly)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae
Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1955. Fossil insects from the Triassic beds at Mt. Crosby, Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 3(4):654-691
Belongs to Archexyela according to A. Taeger et al. 2010
See also Rasnitsyn 1964 and Riek 1955
Sister taxon: Archexyela ipswichensis
Type specimen: University of Queensland Department of Geology C2232, a forewing. Its type locality is Mount Crosby Insect Bed (UQ collection), which is in a Norian pond shale in Australia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mount Crosby Insect Bed (UQ collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.