Amplicella spinata Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2003 (ichneumon wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Alternative combination: Tanychora spinata

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 2010

Sister taxa: Amplicella abbreviata, Amplicella bashkuyevi, Amplicella beipiaoensis, Amplicella exquisita, Amplicella exquisitissima, Amplicella flagellata, Amplicella mininae, Amplicella minor, Amplicella sessilis, Amplicella shcherbakovi, Amplicella townesi

Type specimen: NIGP 134822, 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: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection

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