Insecta - Hymenoptera - Praeaulacidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn. 1972. Late Jurassic hymenopterous insects (Preaulacidae) of Karatau. Paleontological Journal 6:62-77
Belongs to Praeaulacon according to L. F. Li et al. 2018
See also Rasnitsyn 1972
Sister taxa: Praeaulacon caudatus, Praeaulacon coniventer, Praeaulacon elegantulus, Praeaulacon elongatus, Praeaulacon grossus, Praeaulacon ningchengensis
Type specimen: PIN 2784/1182, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2784), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large siltstone in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Karatau-Mikhailovka (PIN collection 2784)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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