†Spathiopteryx soosi Szabó et al. 2022 (wasp)
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Insecta - Hymenoptera - Spathiopterygidae
Full reference: M. Szabó, M. Brazidec, and V. Perrichot. 2022. Taxonomic names, in A unique record of the Late Cretaceous of east-central Europe: The first fossil wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Spathiopterygidae) from the ajkaite amber (Bakony Mts., western Hungary). Cretaceous Research 139(105314)
Belongs to Spathiopteryx according to M. Szabó et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Spathiopteryx alavarommopsis
Type specimen: NHMUS PAL 2022.3.1, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ajka amber (NHMUS/MTM collection), which is in a Santonian terrestrial amber in Hungary.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ajka amber (NHMUS/MTM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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