Prosphex anthophilos Grimaldi and Engel 2019 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Panguidae

Full reference: D. A. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel. 2019. Taxonomic names, in Direct evidence for eudicot pollen-feeding in a Cretaceous stinging wasp (Angiospermae; Hymenoptera, Aculeata) preserved in Burmese amber. Communications Biology 2(408)

Belongs to Prosphex according to D. A. Grimaldi and M. S. Engel 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH Bu-KL18-31, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (AMNH collection)

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