Emphytus miocenicus Nel et al. 2022 (wood wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Tenthredinidae

Full reference: A. Nel, R. M. Sammut, M. C. Wei, G. Y. Niu, and C. Jouault. 2022. The first fossil representatives of the sawfly genera Emphytus and Empria from the upper Miocene of France (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Insects 13(218)

Belongs to Emphytus according to A. Nel et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGR-PAL-2859, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (IGR collection), which is in a Turolian crater lake diatomite/volcaniclastic in France.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Montagne d'Andance, Saint-Bauzile, Privas (IGR collection)

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