Insecta - Hymenoptera - Karatavitidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and H. Zhang. 2010. Early evolution of Apocrita (Insecta, Hymenoptera) as indicated by new findings in the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Northeast China. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(4):834-873
Belongs to Praeratavites according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and H. Zhang 2010
Sister taxa: Praeratavites daohugou, Praeratavites rasnitsyni, Praeratavites wuhuaensis
Type specimen: NND0668/NIGP 151930, an exoskeleton (female wasp slightly damaged). Its type locality is Daohugou (NIGP collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (NIGP collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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