†Protosceliphron brevior Cockerell 1921 (digger wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sphecidae
Alternative combination: Sceliphron brevior
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 Protosceliphron according to A. V. Antropov 2014
See also Cockerell 1921
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In. 17472, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), 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 (A'Court Smith collection)
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