†Lithoserix williamsi Brown 1986 (ichneumon wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Full reference: F. M. Brown. 1986. Lithoserix williamsi (Siricidae: Hymenoptera) a newly recognized fossil horntail from Florissant, Colorado. Insecta Mundi 1(3):119-120
Belongs to Lithoserix according to T. Spasojevic et al. 2022
See also Brown 1986, Kasparyan and Rasnitsyn 1992 and Nel 1991
Sister taxa: Lithoserix antiquus, Lithoserix oublierus
Type specimen: UCM 31179, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Old Scudder Pit, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Old Scudder Pit, Florissant
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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