Archaeromma japonicum Fursov et al. 2002 (false fairy wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Mymarommatidae

Alternative combination: Palaeomymar japonicum

Full reference: V. Fursov, Y. Shirota, T. Nomiya and K. Yamagishi. 2002. New fossil mymarommatid species, Palaeomymar japonicum sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatidae), discovered in Cretaceous amber from Japan. Entomological Science 5:51-54

Belongs to Archaeromma according to G. A. P. Gibson et al. 2007

See also Fursov et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeromma carnifex, Archaeromma chisatoi, Archaeromma gibsoni, Archaeromma hispanicum, Archaeromma mandibulatum, Archaeromma masneri, Archaeromma minutissimum, Archaeromma nearcticum, Archaeromma senonicum, Archaeromma trigonokephalion

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kuji amber, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian terrestrial amber in the Tamagawa Formation of Japan

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Kuji amber

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