Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelydidae
Full reference: M. Wang, A. P. Rasnitsyn, C. K. Shih and D. Ren. 2015. New fossil records of bizarre Ferganolyda (Hymenoptera: Xyelydidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Alcheringa 39:99-108
Belongs to Ferganolyda according to M. Wang et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Ferganolyda charybdis, Ferganolyda chungkuei, Ferganolyda cubitalis, Ferganolyda eucalla, Ferganolyda radialis, Ferganolyda scylla, Ferganolyda sogdiana
Type specimen: CNU-HYM-NN2012136, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Daohugou (CNU 2012 collection), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Daohugou Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Daohugou (CNU 2012 collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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