Burmapenesia longicephala Lepeco and Melo 2022 (wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Scolebythidae

Full reference: A. Lepeco and G. A. R. Melo. 2022. Mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar reveals a rich diversity of extinct scolebythid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Cretaceous Research 137(105232)

Belongs to Burmapenesia according to A. Lepeco and G. A. R. Melo 2022

Sister taxon: Burmapenesia iridescens

Type specimen: DZUP Bur-1175, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber (Universidad Federal do ParanĂ¡ DZUP coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (Universidad Federal do ParanĂ¡ DZUP coll)

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