Tagsmiphron exitorum McKellar and Engel 2011 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Stigmaphronidae

Full reference: R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel. 2011. New Stigmaphronidae and Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from Canadian Cretaceous amber. Cretaceous Research 32:794-805

Belongs to Tagsmiphron according to R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel 2011

Sister taxa: Tagsmiphron ascalaphus, Tagsmiphron canadense, Tagsmiphron gigas, Tagsmiphron leucki, Tagsmiphron muesebecki, Tagsmiphron olentzero, Tagsmiphron spiculum

Type specimen: UASM 22322, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (UASM collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (UASM collection)

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