Archisphex Evans 1969 (apoid wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae

Synonym: Cretosphex Rasnitsyn 1975

Full reference: H. E. Evans. 1969. Three new Cretaceous aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera). Psyche 76:251-261

Parent taxon: Baissodidae according to A. P. Rasnitsyn 1975

See also Carpenter 1992, Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 and Ross and Cook 1995

Sister taxa: Angarosphex, Cretobestiola, Cretosphecium, Eosphecium, Ilerdosphex, Mesorhopalosoma, Montsecosphex, Paleorhopalosoma, Pompilopterus, Vitimosphex, Oryctobaissodes, Baissodes, Eubaissodes, Trichobaissodes

Subtaxa: Archisphex boothi Archisphex catalunicus Archisphex crowsoni Archisphex curvus Archisphex incertus Archisphex proximus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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