†Vitimosphex vividus Zhang et al. 2018 (apoid wasp)
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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 Vitimosphex according to Q. Zhang et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Vitimosphex incompletus
Type specimen: NIGP165268, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town (NIGP collection)
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