Xyelocerus diaphanus Gao et al. 2009 (wood wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Blasticotomidae

Full reference: T. P. Gao, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2009. The first Xyelotomidae (Hymenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic in China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102:588-596

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

See also Gao et al. 2009

Sister taxon: Xyelocerus admirandus

Type specimen: CNU-HYM-NN2008011, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection)

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