Abrotoxyela lepida Gao et al. 2009 (sawfly)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Full reference: T. P. Gao, D. Ren, and C. K. Shih. 2009. Abrotoxyela gen. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2094:52-59

Belongs to Abrotoxyela according to A. Taeger et al. 2010

See also Gao et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Abrotoxyela curva, Abrotoxyela multiciliata

Type specimen: CNU-HYM-NN2008004, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2008 collection)

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