Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Full reference: H. Zhang, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and J. F. Zhang. 2002. Two ephialtitid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ephialtitoidea) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 23:401-407
Belongs to Tuphephialtites according to H. Zhang et al. 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LBSH98019/NIGP134560, an exoskeleton (Antennae and legs incomplete, distal half of metasoma not preserved, otherwise nearly complete.). 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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