Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ephialtitidae
Full reference: L. F. Li, C. K. Shih, and D. Ren. 2014. Taxonomic names, in Two new fossil wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apocrita) from northeastern China. Journal of Natural History 49:829-840
Belongs to Proapocritus according to L. F. Li et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Proapocritus atropus, Proapocritus densipediculus, Proapocritus elegans, Proapocritus formosus, Proapocritus habitus, Proapocritus lini, Proapocritus longantennatus, Proapocritus parallelus, Proapocritus praecursor, Proapocritus sculptus
Type specimen: CNU-HYM-NN2012040, 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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