Amitchellia Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera

Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and E. A. Jarzembowski. 1998. Taxonomic names, in Wasps (Insecta: Vespida = Hymenoptera) from the Purbeck and Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of southern England and their biostratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental significance. Cretaceous Research 19:329-391

Parent taxon: Proctotrupoidea according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and E. A. Jarzembowski 1998

Sister taxa: Austroniidae, Fushunoxyela, Heloridae, Hemerocynipites, Mesoserphidae, Monomachidae, Paraulacus, Pelecinidae, Peleserphidae, Peradeniidae, Proctotrupidae, Roproniidae, Sinocynipites

Subtaxa: Amitchellia brevis Amitchellia procera

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Type: Amitchellia procera

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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