†Palaeometopius eocenicus Menier et al. 2004 (ichneumon wasp)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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