Conostigmus cavannus McKellar and Engel 2011 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megaspilidae

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 Conostigmus according to R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel 2011

Sister taxa: Conostigmus antiquus, Conostigmus chthonios, Conostigmus dolicharthrus, Conostigmus juvenilis, Conostigmus lazaros, Conostigmus resinae, Conostigmus succinalis, Conostigmus talamasi

Type specimen: TMP 96.9.718, 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: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (TMP 96.9 accession)

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