Dintonia despectata Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae

Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1998. Taxonomic names, in Wasps (Insecta: Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Purbeck and Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England and their biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental significance. Cretaceous Research 19:329-391

Belongs to Dintonia according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and E. A. Jarzembowski 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH II.778, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dinton, Vale of Wardour, Middle Purbeck

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