Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pamphiliidae
Alternative combinations: Acantholyda caplani, Cephalcia caplani, Cephaleia caplani
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1933. A fossil sawfly from the Miocene shales near Creede, Colorado. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 28:186-187
Belongs to Tapholyda according to C. Jouault et al. 2022
See also Archibald and Rasnitsyn 2015, Cockerell 1933, Rasnitsyn 1983, Taeger et al. 2010 and Zhelochovtzev and Rasnitsyn 1972
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCM 18623, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Creede (UCM collection), which is in an Oligocene crater lake shale in the Creede Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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