Cretevania exquisita Zhang et al. 2007 (ensign wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Evaniidae

Alternative combination: Procretevania exquisita

Full reference: H. C. Zhang, A. P. Rasnitsyn, D. J. Wang and Y. T. Zhang. 2007. Some hatchet wasps (Hymenoptera, Evaniidae) from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 28:310-316

Belongs to Cretevania according to L. F. Li et al. 2018

See also Li et al. 2014, PeƱalver et al. 2010 and Zhang et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Cretevania alcalai, Cretevania alonsoi, Cretevania bechlyi, Cretevania concordia, Cretevania cyrtocerca, Cretevania extincta, Cretevania kachinensis, Cretevania major, Cretevania meridionalis, Cretevania minor, Cretevania minuta, Cretevania mitis, Cretevania montoyai, Cretevania pristina, Cretevania rubusensis, Cretevania soplaensis, Cretevania tenuis, Cretevania venae, Cretevania vesca

Type specimen: NIGP 140526, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection

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