†Praeproapocritus vulgatus Rasnitsyn and Zhang 2010 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
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 Praeproapocritus according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and H. Zhang 2010
Sister taxon: Praeproapocritus flexus
Type specimen: NND0223,0257/NIGP 151945ab, an exoskeleton (male wasp no antennae, incomplete wings & legs). 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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