Insecta - Strepsiptera - Myrmecolacidae
Full reference: G. S. Antell and J. Kathirithamby. 2016. The first twisted-wing parasitoids (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57:165-174
Belongs to Caenocholax according to G. S. Antell and J. Kathirithamby 2016
Sister taxa: Caenocholax brodzinskyi, Caenocholax comperei, Caenocholax debachi, Caenocholax dominicensis, Caenocholax flandersi, Caenocholax groehni, Caenocholax mcmurtryi, Caenocholax palusaxus
Type specimen: YPM IP 389335, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ranch west of Rio Blanco store, which is in an Uintan lacustrine - large mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ranch west of Rio Blanco store
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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