Lithoserix Brown 1986 (ichneumon wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Full reference: F. M. Brown. 1986. Lithoserix williamsi (Siricidae: Hymenoptera) a newly recognized fossil horntail from Florissant, Colorado. Insecta Mundi 1(3):119-120

Parent taxon: Pimplinae according to A. Viertler 2024

See also Brown 1986, Kasparyan and Rasnitsyn 1992, Nel 1991, Spasojevic et al. 2022 and Wahl 2014

Sister taxa: Crusopimpla, Ephialtini, Firkantus, Ichninsum, Itoplectis saxosa, Pimplini, Pimplites, Polysphinctini, Theroniini

Subtaxa: Lithoserix antiquus Lithoserix oublierus Lithoserix williamsi

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Type: Lithoserix williamsi

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (2 collections)

• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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