Insecta - Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae
Alternative combination: Cryptoserphus obsolescens
Synonyms: Cryptoserphus koggeauxilliarius Szabó and Oehlke 1986, Cryptoserphus succinalis Brues 1940, Cryptoserphus tertiarius Brues 1940
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1940. Serphidae in Baltic amber, with the description of a new living genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 73(9):259-269
Belongs to Oxyserphus according to V. A. Kolyada and M. B. Mostovski 2007
See also Brues 1940, Spahr 1987 and Szabó and Oehlke 1986
Sister taxa: Oxyserphus exhumatus, Oxyserphus hamiferus, Oxyserphus kozlovi
Type specimens:
- Oxyserphus obsolescens: MCZC 5221, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber, Konigsberg collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Cryptoserphus koggeauxilliarius: Oehlke 142, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (Oehlke collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Cryptoserphus succinalis: MCZ 8274, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
- Cryptoserphus tertiarius: MCZ 8272, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic amber (MCZ collection), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (1)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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