Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Alternative combination: Tanychora exquisita
Full reference: H. C. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2003. Some ichneumonids (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea) from the upper Mesozoic of China and Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 24:193-202
Belongs to Amplicella according to D. S. Kopylov and H. C. Zhang 2015
See also Kopylov 2010 and Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2003
Sister taxa: Amplicella abbreviata, Amplicella bashkuyevi, Amplicella beipiaoensis, Amplicella exquisitissima, Amplicella flagellata, Amplicella mininae, Amplicella minor, Amplicella sessilis, Amplicella shcherbakovi, Amplicella spinata, Amplicella townesi
Type specimen: NIGP 134820, an exoskeleton (complete female wasp). Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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