†Abia paurocephala Zhang 1989 (cimbicid sawfly)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cimbicidae
Full reference: J. F. Zhang. 1989. Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China 1-459
Belongs to Abia according to S. B. Archibald and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2023
See also Nel 2004, Taeger et al. 2010 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Abia lonicerae, Abia maculosa, Abia shandongensis, Abia shanwangensis
Type specimen: 79085, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum), which is in a Burdigalian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Shanwang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shanwang, Linqu County, collection 79/80 (Beijing Museum)
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