Insecta - Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae
Alternative combinations: Archisphex beiboziensis, Palaeapis beiboziensis
Full reference: Y. C. Hong. 1984. New fossil insects of Laiyang Group from Laiyang basin, Shandong Province. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 11:31-41
Belongs to Angarosphex according to S. H. Jon et al. 2019
See also Hong 1984, Hong and Wang 1990, Rasnitsyn and Jarzembowski 1998 and Zhang et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Angarosphex alethes, Angarosphex baektoensus, 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 saxosus, Angarosphex strigosus, Angarosphex venulosus
Type specimen: TNPO2117, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Beipozi village, Muyudian (Tianjin Institute collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Laiyang Formation of China.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Beipozi village, Muyudian (Tianjin Institute collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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