†Megatryphon mortiferus Cockerell 1924 (ichneumon wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1924. Fossil ichneumons believed to have been parasitic on sawflies. The Entomologist 57:9-10
Belongs to Megatryphon according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1924
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DMNH-1966(1974), an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (Colorado Mus. Nat. History Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant (Colorado Mus. Nat. History Collection)
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