Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae

Full reference: T. Spasojevic, S. Wedmann, and S. Klopfstein. 2018. Seven remarkable new fossil species of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Eocene Messel Pit. PLoS One 13(6):e0197477

Parent taxon: Ephialtini according to S. Klopfstein and T. Spasojevic 2019

See also Spasojevic et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Dolichomitus, Exeristes, Scambus, Zabrachypus

Subtaxa: Polyhelictes bipolarus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Grube Messel Pit, grid square F9, 2.5-3.5 m above alpha (Eocene of Germany)

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