†Mesoleptus apertus Brues 1910 (ichneumon wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1910. The parasitic Hymenoptera of the Tertiary of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 44(1):3-125
Belongs to Mesoleptus according to C. T. Brues 1910
Sister taxa: Mesoleptus exstirpatus, Mesoleptus stigmus
Type specimen: MCZ 2214, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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