†Tainopompilus argentum Rodriguez and Pitts 2016 (spider wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pompilidae
Full reference: J. Rodriguez and J. P. Pitts. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Eocene and not Cretaceous origin of spider wasps: fossil evidence from amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61:89-96
Belongs to Tainopompilus according to J. Rodriguez et al. 2017
See also Rodriguez and Pitts 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OSAC Hy-10-45, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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