Tagsmiphron canadense Engel and Grimaldi 2009 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Stigmaphronidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi. 2009. Diversity and phylogeny of the Mesozoic wasp family Stigmaphronidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea). Denisia 26:53-68

Belongs to Tagsmiphron according to M. S. Engel and D. A. Grimaldi 2009

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

Type specimen: RTMP 964.705, 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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