Scambus parachuti Spasojevic et al. 2018 (ichneumon wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Full reference: T. Spasojevic, G. R. Broad, A. M. R. Bennett and S. Klopfstein. 2018. Ichneumonid parasitoid wasps from the Early Eocene Green River Formation: five new species and a revision of the known fauna (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). PalZ 92:35-63

Belongs to Scambus according to S. Klopfstein and T. Spasojevic 2019

See also Spasojevic et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Scambus fossilis, Scambus fossilobus, Scambus mandibularis

Type specimen: USNM 565885, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Anvil Points, Labandeira site, locality 41088, which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large lime mudstone in the Green River Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Anvil Points, Labandeira site, locality 41088

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