†Archaeoserphites melqarti Engel 2015 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Archaeoserphitidae
Full reference: M. S. Engel. 2015. A new family of primitive serphitoid wasps in Lebanese amber (Hymenoptera: Serphitoidea). Novitates Paleoentomologicae 13:1-22
Belongs to Archaeoserphites according to M. S. Engel 2015
Sister taxon: Archaeoserphites engeli
Type specimen: AMNH L-AE-8, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection)
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