Insecta - Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae

Full reference: Q. Zhang, A. P. Rasnitsyn, and H. C. Zhang. 2018. New Angarosphecidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Paleontological Journal 52:414-420

Belongs to Angarosphex according to S. H. Jon et al. 2019

See also Zhang et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Angarosphex alethes, Angarosphex baektoensus, Angarosphex beiboziensis, Angarosphex bleachi, Angarosphex consensus, Angarosphex goldringi, Angarosphex lithodes, Angarosphex lithographicus, Angarosphex magnus, Angarosphex myrmicopterus, Angarosphex niger, Angarosphex pallidus, Angarosphex parvus, Angarosphex penyalveri, Angarosphex ryonsangiensis, Angarosphex strigosus, Angarosphex venulosus

Type specimen: NIGP165267, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection, which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Shangyuan Town, NIGP collection

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