Mesochorus cataclysmi Brues 1910 (ichneumon wasp)

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 Mesochorus according to C. T. Brues 1910

Sister taxa: Mesochorus abolitus, Mesochorus aboriginalis, Mesochorus carceratus, Mesochorus dormitorius, Mesochorus lapideus, Mesochorus revocatus, Mesochorus terrosus

Type specimen: MCZ 2279, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 17, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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