Archaeromma hispanicum Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011 (false fairy wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mymarommatidae

Full reference: J. Ortega-Blanco, E. Peñalver, X. Declòs and M. S. Engel. 2011. False fairy wasps in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatoidea). Palaeontology 54(3):511-523

Belongs to Archaeromma according to J. Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Archaeromma carnifex, Archaeromma chisatoi, Archaeromma gibsoni, Archaeromma japonicum, Archaeromma mandibulatum, Archaeromma masneri, Archaeromma minutissimum, Archaeromma nearcticum, Archaeromma senonicum, Archaeromma trigonokephalion

Type specimen: MCNA 9482, an exoskeleton (complete male wasp). Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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