†Archaeoscelio filicornis Brues 1940 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Geoscelionidae
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1940. Fossil parasitic Hymenoptera of the family Scelionidae from Baltic Amber. Proceedings of the America Academy of Arts and Sciences 74(5):69-90
Belongs to Archaeoscelio according to L. Masner et al. 2007
See also Brues 1940 and Spahr 1987
Sister taxon: Archaeoscelio rugosus
Type specimen: MCZ 8165, 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 the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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