†Protostephanus ashmeadi Cockerell 1906 (crown wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Stephanidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1906. Fossil Hymenoptera from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 50(2):33-58
Belongs to Protostephanus according to L. F. Li et al. 2017
See also Aguiar and Janzen 2000 and Cockerell 1906
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCZ 2035, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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