Aptenoperissus delicatus Zhang and Rasnitsyn 2017 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Aptenoperissidae

Full reference: Q. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2017. Taxonomic names, in New data about the enigmatic wasp from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea, Aptenoperissidae). Cretaceous Research 84:173-180

Belongs to Aptenoperissus according to Q. Zhang and A. P. Rasnitsyn 2017

Sister taxa: Aptenoperissus amabilis, Aptenoperissus burmanicus, Aptenoperissus etius, Aptenoperissus formosus, Aptenoperissus magnifemoris, Aptenoperissus pusillus, Aptenoperissus zonalis

Type specimen: NIGP 166274, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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