†Cretembolemus orapensis Olmi et al. 2014 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Embolemidae
Full reference: M. Olmi, A. P. Rasnitsyn, D. J. Brothers and A. Guglielmino. 2014. The first fossil Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Burmese amber (Myanmar) and Orapa kimberlitic deposits (Botswana) and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12:623-635
Belongs to Cretembolemus according to E. E. Perkovsky et al. 2021
See also Olmi et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BP/2/27895, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Orapa (Bernard Price Institute), which is in a Turonian lacustrine - large mudstone in Botswana.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Orapa (Bernard Price Institute)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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