Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelydidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn, H. C. Zhang, and B. Wang. 2006. Bizarre fossil insects: web-spinning sawflies of the genus Ferganolyda (Vespida, Pamphilioidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China. Palaeontology 49(4):907-916
Belongs to Ferganolyda according to M. Wang et al. 2014
See also Rasnitsyn et al. 2006 and Taeger et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ferganolyda chungkuei, Ferganolyda cubitalis, Ferganolyda eucalla, Ferganolyda insolita, Ferganolyda radialis, Ferganolyda scylla, Ferganolyda sogdiana
Type specimen: NND119/NIGP139304, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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