†Paleogenia wahisi Waichert and Pitts 2016 (spider wasp)
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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
Belongs to Paleogenia according to J. Rodriguez et al. 2017
See also Waichert and Pitts 2016
Sister taxa: Paleogenia indomini, Paleogenia waichertae
Type specimen: OSAC Hy-10-80, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Poinar collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in the Russian Federation.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Poinar collection
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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