Insecta - Hymenoptera - Serphitidae
Full reference: R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel. 2011. The serphitid wasps (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha: Serphitoidea) of Canadian Cretaceous amber. Systematic Entomology 36:192-208
Belongs to Serphites according to R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel 2011
Sister taxa: Serphites bruesi, Serphites dux, Serphites fannyae, Serphites gigas, Serphites hynemani, Serphites kuzminae, Serphites lamiak, Serphites navesinkae, Serphites paradoxus, Serphites raritanensis, Serphites silban
Type specimen: TMP 96.9.948, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 96.9 accession), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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