Paleogenia Waichert and Pitts 2016 (spider wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pompilidae

Full reference: C. Waichert 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

Parent taxon: Pepsini according to W. D. Colombo and C. Waichert 2023

See also Rodriguez et al. 2017 and Waichert and Pitts 2016

Sister taxon: Pepsis

Subtaxa: Paleogenia indomini Paleogenia wahisi Paleogenia waichertae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections), Ukraine (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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