†Procleptes hopejohnsonae McKellar and Engel 2014 (cuckoo wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Chrysididae
Full reference: R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel. 2014. New bethylid and chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:433-451
Belongs to Procleptes according to R. C. McKellar and M. S. Engel 2014
Sister taxa: Procleptes carpenteri, Procleptes eoliami
Type specimen: UASM 336804, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (UASM collection), which is in a Campanian terrestrial amber in the Foremost Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Grassy Lake, Medicine Hat (UASM collection)
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