Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pelecinidae
Full reference: Y. Duan and S. L. Cheng. 2006. A new species of Pelecinidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 45:393-398
Belongs to Eopelecinus according to Y. Duan and S. L. Cheng 2006
Sister taxa: Eopelecinus diminutivum, Eopelecinus eucallus, Eopelecinus exquisitus, Eopelecinus fragilis, Eopelecinus giganteus, Eopelecinus hodoiporus, Eopelecinus huangi, Eopelecinus inopinatus, Eopelecinus laiyangicus, Eopelecinus leptaleus, Eopelecinus marechali, Eopelecinus mecometasomatus, Eopelecinus mesomicrus, Eopelecinus minutus, Eopelecinus pusillus, Eopelecinus rudis, Eopelecinus scorpioideus, Eopelecinus shangyuanensis, Eopelecinus similaris, Eopelecinus strangulatus, Eopelecinus tumidus, Eopelecinus vicinus
Type specimen: Shenyang Normal University Herbarium LMP00078/IV0002, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Yuanjiawa No. 3 quarry, Dapingfang, Chaoyang City, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Yuanjiawa No. 3 quarry, Dapingfang, Chaoyang City
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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