†Hellwigia obsoleta Brues 1910 (ichneumon wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Alternative combination: Protohellwigia obsoleta
Full reference: C. T. Brues. 1910. The parasitic Hymenoptera of the Tertiary of Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 44(1):3-125
Belongs to Hellwigia according to K. Watanabe 2014
See also Brues 1910, Menier et al. 2004 and Townes 1966
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCZ 2242, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 17, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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