†Cratephialtites kourios Sharkey 1990 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Alternative combination: Karataus kourios
Full reference: M. J. Sharkey. 1990. Taxonomic names, in Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Chapter 7: Order Hymenoptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195:123-153
Belongs to Cratephialtites according to T. Osten 2007
See also Martins-Neto 2007, Rasnitsyn 1999 and Sharkey 1990
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 43269, an exoskeleton (female body). Its type locality is Crato (AMNH collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Crato (AMNH collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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