Lithoserix williamsi Brown 1986 (ichneumon wasp)

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

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