†Plisomena gigantea Antropov 2014 (aphid wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pemphredonidae
Full reference: A. V. Antropov. 2014. Aculeata Scopoli, 1763. The wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Vespida=Hymenoptera) from the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene) of the Isle of Wight, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 104
Belongs to Plisomena according to A. V. Antropov 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In.24789, a forewing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley 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 (Hooley coll)
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