Holopsenella primotica Engel et al. 2016 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Holopsenellidae

Full reference: M. S. Engel, J. Ortega-Blanco, and C. O. Ozevedo. 2016. A new bethylid wasp in Lebanese Early Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with comments on other Mesozoic taxa. American Museum Novitates 3855:1-14

Belongs to Holopsenella according to C. O. Azevedo et al. 2018

See also Engel et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Holopsenella antiqua, Holopsenella burmitica, Holopsenella gothica

Type specimen: AMNH L-924, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection), which is in a Barremian terrestrial amber in Lebanon.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebanese amber, Bchare Mountain (AMNH collection)

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