Amplicella townesi Kopylov and Zhang 2015 (ichneumon wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Full reference: D. S. Kopylov and H. C. Zhang. 2015. New ichneumonids (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of north China. Cretaceous Research 52:591-604

Belongs to Amplicella according to D. S. Kopylov and H. C. Zhang 2015

Sister taxa: Amplicella abbreviata, Amplicella bashkuyevi, Amplicella beipiaoensis, Amplicella exquisita, Amplicella exquisitissima, Amplicella flagellata, Amplicella mininae, Amplicella minor, Amplicella sessilis, Amplicella shcherbakovi, Amplicella spinata

Type specimen: NIGP 159639, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection

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