Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Alternative combination: Sippelipterus liasinus
Full reference: W. Zessin. 1985. Neue oberliassische Apocrita und die Phylogenie der Hymenoptera. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 32(1-3):129-142
Belongs to Symphytopterus according to A. P. Rasnitsyn et al. 2003
See also Zessin 1985
Sister taxa: Symphytopterus ater, Symphytopterus clavicornis, Symphytopterus dubius, Symphytopterus geniculatus, Symphytopterus graciler, Symphytopterus macrophthalmus, Symphytopterus minutus, Symphytopterus nigricornis, Symphytopterus nigridorsatus, Symphytopterus nigripes, Symphytopterus obliquus, Symphytopterus oculatus, Symphytopterus pallicornis, Symphytopterus pallipes, Symphytopterus robustus
Type specimen: LS 18/2-I, a forewing. Its type locality is Schandelah, near Braunschweig (Zessin coll.), which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Schandelah, near Braunschweig (Zessin coll.)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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