Insecta - Hymenoptera - Pelecinidae
Full reference: C. Jouault. 2021. Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber pelecinid wasps (Hymenoptera, Pelecinidae) support the hypothesis of an Asian origin of the family. Annales de Paléontologie 107(102464)
Belongs to Eopelecinus according to C. Jouault 2021
Sister taxa: Eopelecinus diminutivum, Eopelecinus eucallus, Eopelecinus exquisitus, Eopelecinus fragilis, Eopelecinus giganteus, Eopelecinus hodoiporus, Eopelecinus huangi, Eopelecinus inopinatus, Eopelecinus laiyangicus, Eopelecinus leptaleus, Eopelecinus mecometasomatus, Eopelecinus mesomicrus, Eopelecinus minutus, Eopelecinus pusillus, Eopelecinus rudis, Eopelecinus scorpioideus, Eopelecinus shangyuanensis, Eopelecinus similaris, Eopelecinus strangulatus, Eopelecinus tumidus, Eopelecinus vicinus, Eopelecinus yuanjiawaensis
Type specimen: IGR.BU-019, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (IGR Rennes coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (IGR Rennes coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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