Insecta - Hymenoptera - Aptenoperissidae
Full reference: A. P. Rasnitsyn and G. Poinar. 2016. Taxonomic names, in Bizzare wingless parasitic wasp from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Aptenoperissidae fam. nov.). Cretaceous Research 69:113-118
Belongs to Aptenoperissus according to A. P. Rasnitsyn and G. Poinar 2016
Sister taxa: Aptenoperissus amabilis, Aptenoperissus delicatus, Aptenoperissus etius, Aptenoperissus formosus, Aptenoperissus magnifemoris, Aptenoperissus pusillus, Aptenoperissus zonalis
Type specimen: Poinar B-Hy-19, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin Amber (Poinar collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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