Brachyoxyela elliptica Dai et al. 2022 (sawfly)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Xyelidae

Full reference: L. Y. Dai, C. K. Shih, and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2022. Taxonomic names, in New fossil Xyelidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of northeast China. Cretaceous Research 137(105249)

Belongs to Brachyoxyela according to L. Y. Dai et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Brachyoxyela brevinodia, Brachyoxyela conjunctiva, Brachyoxyela gracilenta, Brachyoxyela leei

Type specimen: CNU-HYM-ND-2021014, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Sandaogou, Nanyingpan Village, Duolun County (CNU collection), which is in a Valanginian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Sandaogou, Nanyingpan Village, Duolun County (CNU collection)

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