Palaeometopius eocenicus Menier et al. 2004 (ichneumon wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Full reference: J. J. Menier, A. Nel, A. Waller and G. De Ploëg. 2004. A new fossil ichneumon wasp from the Lowermost Eocene amber of Paris Basin (France), with a checklist of fossil Ichneumonoidea s. l. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae). Geologica Acta 2(1):83-94

Belongs to Palaeometopius according to A. Viertler et al. 2022

See also Menier et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNHN PA 2439, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Oise amber, Le Quesnoy, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial amber in the Argiles d'lignite du Soissonnais Formation of France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oise amber, Le Quesnoy

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