Conostigmus chthonios Peñalver and Engel 2006 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Megaspilidae

Full reference: E. Peñalver and M. S. Engel. 2006. Two wasp families rare in the fossil record (Hymenoptera): Perilampidae and Megaspilidae from the Miocene of Spain. American Museum Novitates 3540

Belongs to Conostigmus according to E. Peñalver and M. S. Engel 2006

Sister taxa: Conostigmus antiquus, Conostigmus cavannus, Conostigmus dolicharthrus, Conostigmus juvenilis, Conostigmus lazaros, Conostigmus resinae, Conostigmus succinalis, Conostigmus talamasi

Type specimen: MPV-357-RM, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rio Rubielos (MPV coll), which is in an Orleanian lacustrine - large mudstone in Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rio Rubielos (MPV coll)

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