Xyela (Xyela) latipennis Statz 1936

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Alternative combination: Xyela latipennis

Synonyms: Xyela (Xyela) angustipennis Statz 1936, Xyela angustipennis Statz 1936

Full reference: G. Statz. 1936. Ueber alte und neue fossile Hymenopterenfunde aus den Tertiaren Ablagerungen von Rott am Siebengebirge. Decheniana 93:256-312

Belongs to Xyela (Xyela) according to A. Taeger et al. 2010

See also Rasnitsyn 1995 and Statz 1936

Sister taxa: Xyela (Xyela) florissantensis, Xyela (Xyela) julii, Xyela (Xyela) magna, Xyela (Xyela) menelaus, Xyela (Xyela) micrura

Type specimens:

  • Xyela (Xyela) latipennis: LACMIP 4015, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.
  • Xyela (Xyela) angustipennis: LACMIP 4011, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Rott (Statz Collection), which is in a Chattian lacustrine - small shale in the Rott Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Rott (Statz Collection)

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