Insecta - Hymenoptera - Bethylidae
Alternative combination: Mesitius rectinervis
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1921. Fossil Arthropods in the British Museum, V. Oligocene Hymenoptera from the Isle of Wight. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, Series 9 7:1-25
Belongs to Epyris according to W. D. Colombo et al. 2022
See also Antropov 2014, Azevedo et al. 2018, Azevedo and Azar 2012, Cockerell 1921, Colombo and Azevedo 2021, Perrichot and Nel 2008 and Sorg 1988
Sister taxa: Epyris deletus, Epyris kiefferi, Epyris moulyi, Epyris tenellus
Type specimen: BMNH I. 9352, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Brodie coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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