Insecta - Hymenoptera - Praeaulacidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2008. Hymenopterous insects (Insecta: Vespida) in the Upper Jurassic deposits of Shar Teg, SW Mongolia. Russian Entomological Journal 17:299-310
Belongs to Praeaulacus according to L. F. Li et al. 2018
See also Rasnitsyn 2008
Sister taxa: Praeaulacus afflatus, Praeaulacus byssinus, Praeaulacus cephalotus, Praeaulacus cubocephalus, Praeaulacus daohugouensis, Praeaulacus elegans, Praeaulacus exquisitus, Praeaulacus leptogaster, Praeaulacus magnus, Praeaulacus obscurus, Praeaulacus obtutus, Praeaulacus orientalis, Praeaulacus patiens, Praeaulacus ramosus, Praeaulacus rectus, Praeaulacus robustus, Praeaulacus scabratus, Praeaulacus sculptus, Praeaulacus subrhombeus, Praeaulacus tenellus, Praeaulacus ventricosus
Type specimen: PIN 4270/1544, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Shar-Teg, outcrop 441/4 (PIN collection 4270), which is in a Tithonian lacustrine - large claystone in the Sharteg Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shar-Teg, outcrop 441/4 (PIN collection 4270)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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