Didymia protera Smith 1992 (argid sawfly)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Argidae

Full reference: D. R. Smith. 1992. Taxonomic names, in Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae) from Dominican amber. Entomological News 103:117-124

Belongs to Didymia according to A. Taeger et al. 2010

See also Smith 1992

Sister taxa: Didymia davisi, Didymia dominicana, Didymia ebena, Didymia poinari

Type specimen: Poinar H-10-48-B, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)

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