Leptofoenus pittfieldae Engel 2009 (chalcid wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pelecinellidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2009. The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. ZooKeys 13:57-66

Belongs to Leptofoenus according to M. S. Engel 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KU-NHM-Ent DR-019, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SEMC coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SEMC coll)

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