Apenesia Westwood 1874 (flat wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae

Synonym: Archaeopristocera Terayama 2004

Full reference: J. O. Westwood. 1874. Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis; or, Illustrations of New, Rare, and Interesting Insects, for the most part Contained in the Collections Presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F. W. Hope, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., & C. with Forty Plates from Drawings by the Author 1-205

Parent taxon: Pristocerinae according to M. Brazidec et al. 2023

See also Ashmead 1893, Azevedo et al. 2018, Azevedo and Azar 2012, Carpenter 1992, Colombo et al. 2020, Sorg 1988, Terayama 2004 and Westwood 1874

Sister taxa: Ajkanesia, Cleistepyris, Dissomphalus, Ekaterina, Eleganesia, Eopristocera, Foenobethylus, Merascylla, Parascleroderma, Pristocera, Pseudisobrachium, Uniceratops

Subtaxa: Apenesia miki

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (NSMT collection) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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