Insecta - Hymenoptera - Embolemidae
Alternative combination: Embolemus periallus
Full reference: J. Ortega-Blanco, X. Declòs, and M. S. Engel. 2011. The Wasp Family Embolemidae in Early Cretaceous Amber from Spain (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 84(1):36-42
Belongs to Ampulicomorpha according to E. E. Perkovsky et al. 2021
See also Olmi et al. 2014 and Ortega-Blanco et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ampulicomorpha janzeni, Ampulicomorpha quesnoyensis, Ampulicomorpha succinalis, Ampulicomorpha testacea
Type specimen: MCNA 12709, an exoskeleton (complete female wasp). Its type locality is Peñacerrada outcrop I, which is in an Albian terrestrial amber in the Escucha Formation of Spain.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Peñacerrada outcrop I
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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