Eopelecinus minutus Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2004 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pelecinidae

Full reference: H. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2004. Pelecinid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) from the Cretaceous of Russia and Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 25:807-825

Belongs to Eopelecinus according to H. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2004

Sister taxa: Eopelecinus diminutivum, Eopelecinus eucallus, Eopelecinus exquisitus, Eopelecinus fragilis, Eopelecinus giganteus, Eopelecinus hodoiporus, Eopelecinus huangi, Eopelecinus inopinatus, Eopelecinus laiyangicus, Eopelecinus leptaleus, Eopelecinus marechali, Eopelecinus mecometasomatus, Eopelecinus mesomicrus, Eopelecinus pusillus, Eopelecinus rudis, Eopelecinus scorpioideus, Eopelecinus shangyuanensis, Eopelecinus similaris, Eopelecinus strangulatus, Eopelecinus tumidus, Eopelecinus vicinus, Eopelecinus yuanjiawaensis

Type specimen: PIN 3965/424, an exoskeleton (female antennae, legs and wings incomplete.). Its type locality is Khutel-Khara, PIN collection 3965, which is in a Valanginian/Barremian lacustrine - small siliciclastic in the Tsagaantsav Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Khutel-Khara, PIN collection 3965

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