Semaeomyia dominicana Nel et al. 2002 (ensign wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Evaniidae

Alternative combinations: Brachygaster (Semaeomyia) dominicanus, Brachygaster dominicanus

Full reference: A. Nel, X. Martínez-Delclòs, and D. Azar. 2002. A new ensign-fly from the Lower-Middle Miocene Dominican amber (Hymenoptera, Evaniidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 107:217-221

Belongs to Semaeomyia according to D. E. Perez-Gelabert 2008

See also Li et al. 2018 and Nel et al. 2002

Sister taxon: Semaeomyia hispaniola

Type specimen: MCAM 0168, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber, Palo Quemado (MCB coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber, Palo Quemado (MCB coll)

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