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. 2015
See also Rasnitsyn et al. 2006, Taeger et al. 2010 and Wang et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Ferganolyda charybdis, Ferganolyda cubitalis, Ferganolyda eucalla, Ferganolyda insolita, Ferganolyda radialis, Ferganolyda scylla, Ferganolyda sogdiana
Type specimen: NND301/NIGP139305, 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:
• Jurassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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